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their bond to the State of Maryland, in the penalty of two
thousand dollars, conditioned that they will well and truly ap-
ply so much money arising therefrom, within six months after
the drawing of said lottery or lotteries shall be completed, as
will satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn try them,
and after deducting the necessary expences incurred in said
lottery shall within two years from the time the drawing of
said lottery shall be completed, apply the money raised by such
lottery or lotteries, for the purpose of purchasing a fire engine
in the town of Sharpsburgh in Washington county.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of
the said commissioners before they act as such, to lodge the
bond made and entered into as aforesaid, in the office of the
clerk of Washington county court, there to be recorded, and
upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may
be instituted against the obligors therein or any of them, or
their legal representatives, for any breach or non-compliance
with the conditions of the same.
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Dec. Sess.
1815.
Bond to be
lodged.
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CHAPTER 5.
An act to lay out and make public a road in Cecil County.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That John C. Hull, Levy Tyson, Henry Reynolds,
Ezekiel Giberson and John Ewing be, and they are hereby ap-
pointed commissioners for the purposes of this act, and that
they or a majority of them are hereby authorized and required
to survey and lay out a road not exceeding thirty feet wide,
clear of ditches, beginning at a certain point to be fixed on by
said commissioners or a majority of them, on the public road
leading from Elkton to the Blue Ball Tavern through the lands
of Elk Forge Company, and running a south easterly course
to the lands of John Scarborough, and the heirs of Benjamin
York, thence continuing the said course along the lines of the
said Scarborough and York's heirs, to the line of the heirs of
John McCreery and Robert Carter, thence along the line of
the heirs of said McCreery, and Carter, passing over Little
Elk Creek, thence continuing said south easterly course, as the
said commissioners or a majority of them shall judge best, un-
til it intersects the great road leading from Elkton to Fair Hill;
Provided, That the said road shall not be made to pass through
the buildings, yards, gardens or orchards of any person or per-
sons without the consent of the owner or owners' thereof.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of
the said commissioners or a majority of them, on or before the
first Monday in September next, to cause a plot and certificate
of said road to be made, and return the same to the levy court of
Cecil county at their first sitting thereafter; and if the said levy
court upon consideration of all circumstances shall be of opin-
ion that the said road will be of advantage, then and in such
case the clerk of said county shall record the same plot and cer-
tificate, whereupon it shall and may be lawful for the levy court
of said county to levy upon the assessable property of said
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Passed Dec.
15, 1815.
Commission-
ers—width &
direction.
Proviso.
Plot to be re-
turned------ex-
pence to be le-
vied.
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