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Dec. Ses. 1816.
Managers—to
give bond.
— to make re-
turn to treasur-
er of tickets
sold, &c.
— their allow-
ance.
Vacancies.
Prizes not
claimed, &c.
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2. And be it enacted, That Richard Frisby, Robert Barry,
Govert Haskins, James Mosher, Luke Tiernan, John Hillen,
Baltzer Schaffer, William Jessop, Samuel Hollingsworth, Owen
Dorsey, James Carroll, William Gwynn and Richard Mackall.
or the survivors of them, be and the same are hereby appointed
managers of the said lotteries, and they, or a majority of them,
shall have power to adopt such schemes as to them, or a majority
of them, may appear proper, to sell the said tickets, and to su-
perintend the drawing of the said lotteries, and the payment
of the prizes thereof; that each of the said managers, before he
takes upon himself the management of the said lotteries, enter
into a bond to the state, with such security as the treasurer may
approve, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for
the faithful performance of his duty under this art, and for ren-
dering a just account of all their doings by virtue of this law,
to the general assembly of Maryland at the session thereof next
after the drawing of any of the said lotteries, or when otherwise,
called on by the general assembly.
3. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall once in eve-
ry six months, return to the treasurer of the western shore an
account of the tickets sold, and the monies received, and deposit
the same, when directed by the treasurer aforesaid, in such bank
as the said treasurer may direct, to the credit of the said mana-
gers, to be drawn only by them, after the drawing of the said lotte-
ries respectively, by checks signed by a majority of them, and
the balance remaining after the payment of all the expenses, to
be paid to the treasurer of the western shore, to be by him in-
vested in the same manner as the school fund is now directed to
be invested by law, and applied agreeably to the fourth section
of an act, entitled, An act to incorporate a company to make a
turnpike road leading to Cumberland, and for the extension of
the charters of the several banks in this state, and for other pur-
poses, passed on the seventeenth day of December, eighteen hun-
dred and twelve.
4. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall be allowed
at the rate of six per cent, for the nett amount of all and every
sum of money by them paid in the treasury of the western
shore by virtue of this law, and that they, or a majority of them,
may appoint a clerk, removable at their pleasure, and allow the
said clerk a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars a year; that
the bond so as aforesaid to be executed, shall be recorded in the
clerk's office of the court of appeals for the western shore, and
that a suit may be instituted thereon by any person interested in
the faithful performance of the duties imposed by this act.
5. And be it enacted, That in case of the removal from the state,
or the death, resignation, or insolvency of any of the said ma-
nagers for the time being, the governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the council for the time being, may appoint some
other fit and proper person in the place of such person so dying,
removing, resigning or becoming insolvent, and such person, be-
fore he acts as manager, shall execute a bond in the manner pre-
scribed by this act, to be approved of, recorded, and sued on, as
in the manner herein before stated.
6. And be it enacted, That all prizes not claimed in the said
lotteries, or either of them, within six months after the drawing
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