THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1845.

and the proceeds so received, after deducting the neces-
sary expenses for repairs of said road, and the payment
of interest on the money subscribed, which shall not ex-
ceed six per cent.; the balance, if any, shall be paid to
the Treasurer of the State of Maryland, for the purpose
of aiding to pay the State debt.

CHAP. 200.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the rights and fran-
chises granted by this act, shall cease and determine at
the expiration of the drawing of all lottery grants of this
State.

Rights, &c.
cease and de-
termine.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That any law or part of
law, being in conflict with the provisions of this act, is
hereby repealed.

Repealed.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the

constitution and form of government, as are inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, and only for the purpose
of giving validity to this particular act, are hereby re-
pealed; provided, this act shall he confirmed by the Gen-
eral Assembly, after the next election, as the form of
government and constitution direct.

Repealed.

Proviso.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid com-

missioners shall have authority, and are hereby em-
powered and directed, at any time to pay the full amount
and interest to any person or persons subscribing to said
road, under the ninth section of this act.

Pay full a-
mount and in-
terest.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, may apply to the State
lottery commissioners, to place their grant in the number
of the consolidated grants for lotteries in Maryland, and
to draw lotteries and to dispose of their schemes in the
same manner as they now draw or dispose of the sum
authorised to be raised by this act, clear of the expense
of drawing the same.

Apply to State
lottery com-
missioners.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That upon application be-
ing made to the State lottery commissioners, as provided
by the fourteenth section of this act, they are hereby di-
rected and empowered to place said grant in the number
of consolidated lotteries, and to approve schemes for the
same, and to pay over to the commissioners aforesaid, or
their successors, the sums of money raised annually from
the drawings of said lotteries, except five per centum
upon the sum so raised, which shall be retained by the
commissioners of the State, to be paid by them to the
State Treasurer.

Directed
to place said
grant, &c.