ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER

1806,

to the payment of the costs which shall have accrued in such prosecution; provided, that nothing
in this act shall extend to prevent any free negro or mulatto from carrying a gun, or other offensive
weapon, who shall, at the time of his carrying the same, have a certificate from a justice of the
peace, that he is an orderly and peaceable person, which certificate shall be in force for one year
from the date thereof, and no longer.

CHAP.
LXXXI.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of the constable of every hundred to repair
once a month, and oftener if information be given him of tumultuous meetings of mulattoes, negroes
or slaves, to all suspected places within his hundred, and if he shall find any mulatto or negro, not
a slave, at any such meeting, it shall be the duty of the constable forthwith to carry such mulatto
or negro, so offending, before some magistrate of the county, who shall thereupon commit such per-
son to the common gaol, unless he or she shall enter into a recognizance, with such security as said
justice shall require, for his or her good behaviour, and also to appear before the next county court,
to answer for such offence in such manner as is prescribed ly law for the trial of crimes and misde-
meanors within this state, and if such person shall be found guilty of violating any of the provisions
of this act, he shall be fined, or imprisoned, for such offence, at the discretion of the court; and it
such constable shall find at any such meeting as aforesaid, any slave besides those belonging to the
owner of such place, not having permission in writing from his owner or overseer, it shall be lawful
for the constable, and he is hereby authorised and required, to whip every such slave, at his discre-
tion, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes.

Constable to
visit suspected
places, &c.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any constable shall be entitled to receive the allowance
granted by the fourth section of the act, entitled, An act to prevent the tumultuous meetings and
other irregularities of negroes and other slaves, he shall produce a certificate from at least two re-
spectable citizens of his hundred, of his industry and fidelity in the discharge of his duty under this
act and the act above recited.

He must pro-
duce a certifi-
cate, &c.

V. AND, for a further encouragement to take up runaways, BE IT ENACTED, That in lieu of two
hundred pounds of tobacco, allowed by the act, entitled, An act relating to servants and slaves, any
person seizing and taking up such runaways, shall have and receive six dollars.

CHAP. LXXXII.

Allowance for
taking up run-
aways, &c.

An ACT authorising a lottery in the city of Baltimore to raise a
sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned.

Passed 4th of
Jan. 1807.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to this general assembly from sundry inhabitants of
the city of Baltimore, praying that a law may pass to enable them to raise, by way of lot-
tery, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, for the use of the Trinity church, of the episcopal order
and denomination, now building in said city, and to enable them to purchase a burying-ground, and
to defray other incidental expences, which they apprehend their funds may be insufficient to dis-
charge; and the prayer of the said petition appearing reasonable; therefore,

Preamble.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That William Slater, Edward Ireland,
Stephen Caldar, William Price, Joseph Allender, William M'Mechen and Alexander M'Kim, be
and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of framing a scheme, to raise, by lot-
tery, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be applied by the said commissioners in the completion
of the Trinity church, of the episcopal order and denomination, now building in that city by vo-
luntary contributions, and for the purchase of a burial-ground, and such other general purposes as
may appear to the said commissioners necessary and useful in the fulfilment of the trust hereby re-
posed in them.

Commissioners
appointed, &c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners are hereby authorised to appoint ma-
nagers for conducting and drawing the said lottery, and that previous to their acting as such, they
shall give bond to the mayor and city council of the city of Baltimore, with good and sufficient se-
curity, for the faithful performance of their trust, which bond shall be lodged in the mayor's office,
in such sum as to the mayor and city council may be adequate for that purpose.

Who may ap-
point mana-
gers, &c.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid commissioners, or any of them, or any person
authorised by them, shall have full power and authority to sell and dispose of tickets in the said
lottery, either in the city of Baltimore or any other part of this state, without paying any tax to
the corporation of the city of Baltimore therefor, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

And dispose of
tickets, &c.