1795.

L A W S of M A R Y L A N D.

C H A P.
XLVII.

George Walker, William M. Duncanfon, Thomas Law and James Barry, or
a majority of them, to propofe any fcheme or fchemes of two annual lotteries
for raifing the fum of fifty-two thoufand five hundred dollars, and to fell and
difpofe of the tickets therein; provided the faid Notley Young, Daniel Carroll,
of Dudington, Lewis De Blois, George Walker, William M. Duncanfon,
Thomas Law and James Barry, or a majority of them, fhall, before the fale or
difpofal of any ticket or tickets in either of faid lotteries, give bond to the com-
miffioners of the city of Wafhington for the time being, in the penalty of one
hundred thoufand dollars, conditioned, that they will well and truly apply the
monies arifing therefrom, within two months after the drawing thereof, to the
payment of the prizes drawn by the fortunate adventurers in faid lotteries, and
the neceffary expences incurred in the management thereof, and the refidue to
the opening and completing the canal in the city of Wafhington, and rendering
the fame navigable, under the direction and fuperintendence of the faid commif-
fioners and their fucceffors.

C H A P. XLVIII.

Paffed De-
cember 24.

Preamble.

An ACT to empower William Goldfmith to collect the balances
due him as fheriff and collector of Anne-Arundel county.
WHEREAS it is reprefented to this general affembly, by the petition of
William Goldfmith, late fheriff and collector of Anne-Arundel coun-
ty, that he was appointed collector of the county rates in faid county
for the years feventeen hundred and ninety-two, feventeen hundred and ninety-
three, and feventeen hundred and ninety-four, and that he was the fheriff of faid
county for the years aforefaid, and in virtue of faid office of fheriff a number of
officers fees was alfo put into his hands for collection, and that, owing to a vari-
ety of circumftances, he has been unable to complete his faid collections within
the time prefcribed by the act of affembly in fuch cafes made and provided, and
the faid William Goldfmith hath prayed he may be empowered to collect all fuch
balances due him as aforefaid in the fame manner as he might have done during
the time of his commiffion and appointment aforefaid; and this general affembly
being willing to grant him fome indulgence; therefore,

W. Gold-
fmith may
collect, &c.

II. Be it enacted, by the General Affembly of Maryland, That the faid Wil-
liam Goldfmith be and he is hereby authorifed and empowered to take, demand,
collect and receive, all and every fum or fums of money, quantity or quantities
of tobacco, county rates and officers fees, due him as fheriff and collector afore-
faid for the year feventeen hundred and ninety-four, in the fame manner as he
might have done were his feveral offices unexpired; and the faid William Gold-
fmith fhall be allowed until the firft day of October next to complete the col-
lection of the balances aforefaid, and fhall be allowed the fame commiffion upon
the faid collections that he would have been entitled to had his feveral offices been
unexpired.

Provifo.

III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the faid William Goldfmith,
or fome perfon or perfons authorifed by him, fhall, at leaft ten days before, the
execution or diftrefs of property for the balances aforefaid, deliver to the, perfon
charged, or leave at his or her place of abode, a proved account, ftating the
taxes and the amount of fees, or fuch part thereof as may be claimed as due,
together with all payments that may have been in any manner made by fuch per-
fon, and the balance due thereon, and fhall give at leaft five days notice, by ad-
vertifement at the moft public places in the neighbourhood, of the time and
place of fale in cafe of fuch execution or diftrefs; and provided alfo, that all the
books of the faid William Goldfmith, and his deputies, in which his accounts as
fheriff and collector are ftated and kept, fhall be depofited in the hands of fome
perfon in the city of Annapolis, to be infpected and examined by any perfon or
perfons who fhall apply for the fame, in order to afcertain any payments that may
have been made upon his or their account.