Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1846-04-16

4 N ACT imposing TAX upon the sale
n Of Lottery Tickets to aid in paying the
debts of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the General
assembly Of Mary7and, That from and al-
ter the first day of December next il shall
not be lawful to sell, or offer to sell, any
ticket, or part Of ticket, in any Lottery
drawn in this State, under the direction Of
the Lottery Commissioners, unless such
ticket, or part of ticket, shall have been
previously stamped, Or signed by one Of
the Lottery Commissioners, or by their
clerk, hereinafter to be appointed.
SEC. 2. Ind be it enacted, That for the
signing or stamping as aforesaid, the said
Lottery Commissioners shall receive, for
the use of this State, from and after the pc
Rod aforesaid, lax OF duty at The follow
ing rate, that is to say, upon all tickets, the
scheme price Of which shall exceed the
sum of ten dollars, twenty cents shall be
paid, and upon all tickets, the scheme price
of which shall be ten dollars or less, ten
cents shall be paid, and pgoportionate tax
or duty upon fractional parts Of whole tick
cts; the said tax or duty to be collected
and paid as is hereinafter provided.
SEC. find be IL enacted, That from and
after The period aforesaid, it shall be the
duty Of the contractors, Or parties 10 whom
licenses may be sold by the Lottery Com
for the sale of tickets as afore-
said, TO make monthly returns, on oath, to
the Lottery Commissioners, of the number
of tickets or parts of tickets sold by them
in each lottery scheme, and at
the time of such return, to pay to the said
for the use of the State, the
amount Of the tax or duty upon the whole
amount of tickets or parts OF tickets then
sold.
SEC. 4. Ind be 1t enacted, That it shall
be the duty Of the said Lottery Commits
sioners TO keep an accurate record of the
number of tickets, and parts Of tickets, is
sued by them under the authority of this
or any previous law, and upon the returns
being made to them by the said contractors,
as hereinbelore directed, the said Commits
sioners shall carefully compare the said re-
turns with the said record, and adjust and
settle the accounts of the said contractors
accordingly, and upon The failure Of any OF
The said contractors to make such returns
and pay as aforesaid, the bond of the party
so failing shall be forthwith put in suit, and
a recovery had thereupon for the whole a
mount Of the tax or duty due and charge
able upon all the tickets issued TO such de-
laulting contractor, whether the same shall
have been sold by him or not.
SEC. 5. End be it enacted, That from
and. after the period aforesaid, it shall be
the duty of the Lottery Commissioners to
take from the several contractors bonds
with surety and in penalty to be approx
ed by them, with condition for the perform
ance of the stipulations of this act, on the
part Of such contractors to be performed
and fulfilled, together with and in addition
TO the other engagement and stipulationS
on their part to be performed and fulfilled.
Sec. 6. find be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Commissioners of Lot
teries, on the first day of January, April,
July and October, in each and every year
after this act shall 60 into operation, to &C.
count with, upon oath, and pay into the
Treasury, all sums of money received by
them under the provisions Of this act, and
upon their failure so to account and pay as
aforesaid, for the space of twenty days, af-
ter the days above limited for that purpose,