SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1819.

rity of them, shall deem proper, which rules and by-laws shall be
binding on the said school, and on all persons concerned in the same,
provided such rules and by-laws shall not be inconsistent with the
constitution and laws of this state, and of the United States.

CHAP. 172.

CHAP. CLXXIII.

An Act to relieve the Lotteries authorised to be drawn for the benefit of the Port-
Tobacco Church from the Taxes imposed thereon.

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
lotteries authorised to be drawn for the benefit of the Port-Tobacco
church, be and they are hereby exempted from the payment of the
taxes authorised by the laws of this state, to be claimed on the
prizes to be drawn in this state.
2. And be it enacted, That the said lotteries shall be liable to pay
one per cent, on the prizes to be drawn, to be applied to the pay-
ment of the salaries which may become due to the commissioners
of lotteries, and their clerk, during the year in which the said lot-
teries may be drawn.

Passed Feb 14 1820

Lottery exempt
from tax

To pay one per

cent

CHAP. CLXXIV.

An Act empowering the Judges of Elections to administer Oaths appertaining to
Elections.
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall
and may be lawful for the several judges of elections within this
state, to administer an oath, or an affirmation, in any inquiry which
they may deem necessary to be made touching the right of any per-
son offering to vote, and if any person or persons shall swear or af-
firm falsely and corruptly, in relation thereto, such person or per-
sons shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer the pains and penalties
provided for those convicted of perjury.
2. And be it enacted, That the governor be authorised and re-
quested, to direct a copy of this law to be four times inserted in
two newspapers in the city of Annapolis, two in city of Baltimore,
two in Frederick-town, two in Hagers-town, one in the town of
Cumberland, and two in Easton, between the twentieth of August
and the first of October next.

Passed Feb 14, 1820

Judges of election
may administer
oaths in certain
cases

Publication of this
act directed

CHAP. CLXXV.

A further Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the preservation of the
Breed of Fish.
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
levy court of Harford county and Cecil county, be and they are
hereby authorised and required, each to appoint one constable in the
hundreds in each county, adjoining to the Bald Friar Ferry, on the
Susquehanna river, whose duty it shall be to examine every fish
pot erected in the river, at least once a week in the season, the young
shad usually descend the river, and in case they shall find any pot
or pots erected in the river, not constructed according to the pro-
visions of the act to which this is a further supplement, or the sup-
plement itself, or in case the bottom of any pot shall be covered
with a basket, or any other device whatsoever, so as to close the
opening that is directed by the supplement aforesaid to be left, where-
by the young shad may be destroyed, they shall give information
thereof to any justice of the peace in the county of Harford or Cecil,
wherein the owner of such pot shall reside or be found, who shall

Passed Feb 14 1820

Constables to be
appointed to ex-
amine every fish

pot erected in Sus-
quehanna, &c