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of, negotiating or transferring, any ticket, or part or parts of any
ticket or scheme or class of any lottery, not granted or authorised
by this state, and any person offending in any of the particulars
aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay, in the discretion of the court, a
sum not less than one hundred dollars, and not exceeding five
thousand dollars, to be recovered in the county court where the of-
fence shall be committed, or in Baltimore city court if in the city
of Baltimore.
3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the judges of
the several county courts of this state, and of Baltimore city court,
to give this act in charge to the grand jury at their regular terms,
till the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty-five.
4. And be it enacted, That the act, entitled, An act for the pre-
vention of lotteries, passed at November session seventeen hundred
and ninety-two, be and the same is hereby repealed.
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CHAP. 163.
Act to be given in
charge to grand
juries.
An act repealed
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CHAP. CLXIV.
An Act for the relief of sundry poor Persons in the several Counties therein
mentioned.
Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
several levy courts of Saint-Mary's, Kent, Montgomery, Caro-
line, Charles, Harford, Anne-Arundel, Prince-George's, Calvert
and Queen-Anne's counties, be and they are hereby severally au-
thorised and empowered, at their annual meeting, so long as they
shall see cause so to do, to assess and levy on the assessable pro-
perty of said counties, for the use of the several persons herein
mentioned, the sums of money annexed to their respective names,
to wit; In Saint-Mary's county, for Ann Tippett, payable to her-
self or order, thirty dollars; for Sarah Neale, payable to Charles
Neale, or his order, for her use, thirty dollars; for Catharine
Brewer, payable to herself or order, forty dollars; for Mary Dean,
payable to herself or order, thirty dollars; for Ann Branson, pay-
able to herself or order, thirty dollars; for Ally Buckler, paya-
ble to herself or order, thirty dollars; for Elizabeth Drury, pay-
able to herself or order, thirty dollars; for Samuel Alexander,
payable to John Jones, of Stephen, or his order, for the support
of the said Samuel, thirty dollars; for Deborah Davis, wife of
Theophilus Davis, payable to herself or order, for the mainten-
ance of herself and daughter Jane Davis, thirty dollars. In Kent
county, for John W. S. Boyer, payable to himself or order, thirty
dollars; for Joseph Leary, and Julia Leary his lunatic daughter,
thirty dollars each, payable to Joseph Leary or his order: for John
Cowarden, payable to himself or order, thirty dollars. In Mont-
gomery county, for John Eveley, payable to himself or order,
thirty dollars; for Evan Price, payable to himself or order, twen-
ty dollars, in addition to forty dollars heretofore allowed; for
Sarah Richards, payable to herself or order, thirty dollars; for
Margaret Ferguson, payable to herself or order, thirty dollars;
for Winifred Myers, payable to herself or order, thirty dollars;
for Rebecca English, payable to herself or order, twenty dollars.
In Calvert county, for Joseph Robertson, payable to himself or
order, thirty dollars. In Caroline county, for Henry Straughan,
payable to Priscilla Straughan, or such other person as may be
appointed by the levy court, or their order, thirty dollars; for
William Morgan, his wife and two children, payable to the said
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Passed Feb 9 1820
Levy authorised
for the support of
certain persons
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