THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

assignment of the whole of said stock, according to the
provisions of this act, the said bridge and all its profits
shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said county
forever, to be held as other properly belonging to said
county, and it shall and may be lawful for the levy court
of Caroline comity aforesaid, to receive such tolls for pass-
ing said bridge as the president and directors of said
company were authorised to receive by the act of No-
vember session, eighteen hundred and eighteen, as
aforesaid.

CHAP. 118.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the levy court afore-
said, are hereby authorised, from time to time to levy on
the assesable property of said county, such sum or sums
of money, as may in their discretion be necessary to keep
said bridge in good repair.

Levy court
may levy.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the levy court are
hereby authorised to appoint a suitable person to attend
to the duties of bridge-keeper, and shall require of said
bridge-keeper, before he enters upon his office, to give a
good and sufficient bond for the faithful discharge of
his duty.

To appoint a
bridge keeper.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the compensation of
said bridge-keeper shall be discretionary with said court,
and to be paid out of the levy of said county.

CHAPTER 118.

Salary discre-
tionary with
court.

An act giving additional powers to the State Lottery
Commissioners.

Passed Feb.
4, 1847.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the State commissioners of lotteries be,
and they are hereby authorised to contract for the draw-
ing of the Maryland consolidated lotteries for a longer
period than twelve months, but not exceeding three years;
provided, the contractors to whom said contract, may be
given, execute annually their bond to the State of Mary
land, with security, to be approved by the commissioners
aforesaid, for the faithful performance of the contract.

Commission-
ers authorised
to contract.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any contract entered
into agreeably to the first section of this act, shall first be
approved by the Governor, and unless the same shall be
so approved, it shall not be binding in law.

To be appro-
ved by Go-
vernor.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any act or acts incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed.

Repealed.