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"For Sidewalk Loan, " with a blank square opposite at the
right of said words and immediately thereunder shall be the
following words:

"Against Sidewalk Loan, " with a blank square opposite at
the right of said words.

And in event that said election shall be held at the same time
that the regular town election is held, said words and blank
squares shall be printed on the regular ballot for said election,
and the officials in charge of said regular election shall act as
officials of this election and said votes shall be canvassed at the
same time and in the same manner as are votes for the regular
election.

And in event that said election shall be held at some time
other than a regular election the poll books showing the regis-
tered voters of said town last registered shall be used.

In the event that at such election the majority of votes cast
for and against the sidewalk loan shall be in favor of the side-
walk loan, then this Act shall be in full force and effect, but in
event that the majority of votes so cast shall be against the
sidewalk loan then the Mayor and Common Council may sub-
mit the same question in the same manner and under this Act
to the qualified voters of said town at the succeeding general
elections in said town for a period of three successive years, if
the same shall not be approved before the expiration of such
period.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the preservation
of the public health and safety, and being passed upon a yea
and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Souses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect on the date of its passage.

Approved March 5, 1924.

CHAPTER 31.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County to borrow upon the faith and credit of
said county, a sum not to exceed one million five hundred
thousand ($1, 500, 000) dollars, and to issue and sell coupon
bonds therefor, arid to pay the proceeds thereof to the
Board of Education of Baltimore County for the erection