Daily Republican., 1879-03-26
(Frsn Ystsrdsy's Late Hlitiss.)
A LOTTERY MOVEMENT.
reported Iatrodncti~n Of . Lottery
Bill In the I.egislnauro.


Reported Iatrodncti~n Of Lottery
Ba1l In the Legislature.
The following is an act introduced in
the Legislature yesterday, which looks
like the old exploded lottery system Of
the State, and calls up the days Of
France, Broadbent x Co.
Section l. BE It enacted by the Senat.
and House Of Representatives Of the Stat.
q Delarare in General Assembiy met,
That for the pnpose Of raising revenue
and aiding schools and internal i'm.
provement In this State, the aid Of this
State be and hereby is given in tn.
manner herein after npscifed. To the
following named schools and corpora
tions, that is to say: To the Levy
Court of New Castle county, "to
the Levy Court Of Kent county" "
ito the trustees Of Delaware Col
)egs," "to the Junction l. Break.
water Railroad Company" "to the
Breakwater Il Frankford Railroad Com
pany" and Of aiding public schools in
the towns Of Smyrna, Milford, Camden,
Leipsic and FELTON, in Kent county OF
aiding public schools in the towns OF
Lewes, Milton, Georgetown and Seaford
in Sussex county, aud united school
district, No. III and l5O, in Sussex
county, aud No. "a and 95 in Sussex
county, and for improving navigation
Of Broad Creek in Sussex county.
Sec. 2 provides, That it shall and
may he lawful to raise by lotteries as
hereinafter provided, the moneys ne
cessary for and hereby appropriated to
the purposes mentioned in the first sec
ton Of this act.
Sec. 3 provides that In consideration
Of the sum Of S40O, 900, to be paid to the
State Treasurer, Francis N. Rogers, Of
New York city, Ia authorized and EN-.
powered and he has special liberty to
prepare schemes Of lotteries, to sell lot
terry tickets and to draw lotteries in
this State by himself, his agent or
agents, assignee or assignees for the
term OF twenty years.
Sec. 4 provides that before the said
Francs NJ. Rogers, his agent or agents
assignee or assignees shall exercise any
OF the privileges hereby conferred he
shall give bond to the State of Della
ware with security to be approved by
the governor or by the chancellor or BY
one Of the judges of the Superior Court
of this State in the sum Of 100000
conditioned for the payment of all
prizes sold and drawn in any Of the
lotteries authorized by this act.
Sec. s provides that the said sum of
$500, 900 shall be paid by the said Fran
els N. Rogers or by his assignees to the
State Treasurer as follows The sum
Of $40, 900 on or before the first day of
January, now next ensuing, and the
further sum Of sic, 600 on or before the
first day of January, now nextensuing,
and til. balance thereof iu thirty eight
equal semi-annual inslalnents OF SO
600 each, to be- paid on or before the
first day Of July and the first day OF
January in each and every year there
after, and upon failure to pay within
thirty days after the same shall have
become due, then all grants and privi-
leces herein contained shall from hence
forth cease.
Sec. provides that the sum of $780,
900 shall be appropriated and divided
as follows: The Levy Court of New
Castle county the sum of SIS, 900, $70,.
0U0 Of which shall 60 for the purpose
OF building new court house in said
county and the remaining $500 to
be appropriated Il. follows: 5000 to the
Mill Creek Marsh Company, 1000 to
the Dragon Marsh Company of Red
Lion hundred, $4,000 to the Cedar
Creek Marsh Company of Black bird
hundre'; to the trustees of Delaware
college the sum of S6O, 900; to the Levy
Court Of Kent county, the sum Of
$95, 900; to the junction and Break
water Railroad Company, $4,000; to
the Breakw ater & Frankford Railroad
Company, the sum Of $i4 900; to the
commissioners of the town of Lewes,
81, 600 for the purpose OF aiding public
schools in said town; to the commits
sioners of the town of Milton, $4,000
for aiding public schools in said town;
the commissioners OF the town OF George
town, 81, 600 for public schools of said
town; Tor the commissioners OF Seaford
the sum of 81, 600 for the public schools
of said town. to the school committee of
united school district Nos.4 and $50 in
Sussex county, the sum OF j,OO0 for the
purpose OF building new school house
aud supporting school in said district,
to school districts Nos. 9+and 95, $1,000
each. and $4,000 for improving the
navigation of Broad Creek, to he paid
to Isaac John Adams, John Turpin
Moore, join W. WoOtten, Andrew J.
lIors"y, and Thomas l.. Cannon, COM
missioners, hereby appointed for that
purpose. Tothe town OF Smyrna, SG, 900;
Milford, So, 600 Camden, sG, 900 ; Leip-
sic, $1,000, and to FELTON,, 5000 for
school purposes in said towns.
Sec. 7 provides that the governor of
the State shall appoint two commits
sionrrs to superint-nd the drawings Of
all lotteries by this act authorized,
and he shall have power to fill any va
cancy that my occur, said commissioner
to receive 81 for actual attendance on
said lotterieis, to b. paid by Francis
Rogers.
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