Smyrna times., 1859-02-03
THE LOTTERY BILL.

cond, and third time, and passed by a vote of
IL to 9. The members voting for the bill were
Messrs Harrington. Jacobs, Jones, May, Nc.
llvaine, Moore, Naudain, Short, Slaughter,
Walker, Watson and White. On Friday
morning Mr.. Harrington moved a reconsidera
tion, but the House refused to reconsider the
vote. The vote in the Senate on Tuesday, the
25th ult., was as follows:
Year-McSsrs. Johnson, Moore, Martin, Nc
Ferranand Mr.. Speaker. Nays-Messrs, Boys,
Cannon, Gemml and Polk.
An ActfOr the EncOurdg ement of Internal Im-
PrOVementS in the State of DelaWGre.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives OF the State of Della
ware IN General Assembly met, That for the pur.
pose OF encouraging internal Improvements in
this State, the aid Of this State be and hereby is
given ia the manner specified, to the following
named corporations: That is to say, to the Della
ware Railroad Company, TO the Maryland and
Delaware Railroad Company, to the MlsplIion
and Choptank Railroad Company, to the juno
ton and Breakwater Railroad Company, to the
Frederlca Railroad Company, to the Murderkiln
Navigation Company; and for the purpose of
improving the navigation of Duck Creek, other
wise called Smyrna Creek; OF stopping the
mouth of Old Duck Creek; of building an Aca.
DENY at FELTON,, in Kent county; of improving
the navigation of the Greek leading up to LeIp.
sic, in Kent county; Of building an Academy
at Concord, Sussex county; of building Store
House. Ticket Office and Water Tank. at
Townsend in New Castle county of building
a Methodist Protestant Church at Townsend
aforesaid; of finishing the fencing of the Della
ware Railroad, in New Castle; of increasing
the shares of the School Fund of the eleven
School Districts in AppOquinimink Hundred. in
New Castle county, aud of aiding in the build.
ing of a new Court House, and the Public Off
ces at New Castle in this State.
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, by the au.
lhorty aforesaid, That it shall and may be law
tul to raise by lotteries, hereinafter provided,
the moneys necessary for, and hereby appro
prlated to the purchases mentioned in the first
section Of this act.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. by the au-
thorty aforesaid, That in consideration of the
sum of seven hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars, to be paid TO the State Treasurer of this
State, as hereinafter provided, Richard France
OF the city of Baltimore, in the State of Mary
land, be and he is hereby Authorized and en-
powered, and has special liberty to prepare
schemes of lotteries: to sell lottery tickets !;
and to draw lotteries IN this State, by himself,
his agent or agents, assignee or sssigEees, for
the term of20 years from and after the passage
of this act.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, by the au.
thority aforesaid, That before the said Richard
France, his agent or agents, assignee OF as
signees, shall exercise any of the privileges
hereby conferred, he shall give bond to the
State of Delaware, with security 10 be approved
" the Governor, or by the Chancellor, or by
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this State, conditioned for the payment of all
prizes sold and drawn in any of the lotteries u
thorized by this act and also for the payment
by the said Richard France, or by his assignee
or assignees, 10 the State Treasurer of this
State of the sum of seven hundred and twenty
, thousand dollars, OF lawful money, as follows
That is to say, the sum of eighteen thousand
dollars, part thereof, to be paid on or before the
first day of July now next ensuing, and the fur.
ther sum of eighteen thousand dollars on or be.
: fore the first day of January now next ensuing
and the balance thereof in thirty-eight equal
, semi-annual talpents of eighteen thousand
dollars each, to be paid on or before the first
day of July, and the first day of January in
each and every year thereafter.
! SEC. 5. and be it further enacted, by the au-
thority aforesaid, That upon failure to pay to
the State Treasurer aforesaid any one of the
several payments, as provided for in the fourth
section of this act, within thirty days after the
4 same shall have become due and payable, then
: all the grants, liberties and privileges herein
contained, shall from thenceforth cease and be
of no effect.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, by the au
e thority aforesaid, That the said sum of sever
r hundred and twenty thousand dollars, be. anC
o is, and shall be appropriated to, and divided t.
and among the corporations and for the purpo
ses herein before named in the following pro
portions: That is to say, to the Delaware r
X. Co.. the sum of one hundred and six ihsu
n sand dollars, TO be applied exclusively to tn,
II extension of said Railroad from Seaford Soutl
|. to the line of Maryland; to the Maryland ant
y Delaware Railroad Company, the SUN of on
!, hundred and fourteen thousand dollars; to thu
d MispilliOn aud ChOptank Railroad Company
; the cum of seveniy.four thousand dollars; (,
d the Frederick Railroad Company, the sum o
T. forty-eight thousand dollars; and to the juno
ot ton and Breakwater Railroad Company, tn
is sum Of two hundred and seventy-six thousan M
I'd dollars; to the Murderkifn Navigation Com
y pany, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to b
es paid to Robert ]. Lowber, Paris L. Carlisle,
he b. Boone, Joseph Fl. Whiteacre and Josep
ne Smithers. or the Directors of the said Compan
he for the time being; the sum of ten thousan
o. dollars, to be paid to Jefferson Moore, Alfred
Oiiluh DoNiu ANCculeoS NOultnleSiOuets a.
It pointed for the purpose Of building IN Academ!
q purchasing and improving the ground nece
"a sary therefore, at FELTON,, in Kent county, az
ht such other buildings and Improvements at Fe
Ter ton as the said Commissioners may deem pro
sw er. out of any surplus of money that may r
,n- main after the building of said Academy al
ir. making said Improvements the sum of Il
m thousand dollars for the improvements; the su
les of ten thousand dollars for the improvement
~. the Navigation of Duck Creek, otherwise call
OF Smyrna Creek; the sum Of ten thousand dola
ely for the stopping of the mouth of Old Du
for Creek; the said last mentioned sums of I
ar thousand dollars each to be paid to George
'er, Cummins, Isaac Short and Jonathan Brow
the Commissioners. hereby appointed to super
red tend and conduct such last named impro'
ments; the sum Of ten thousand dollars for |