ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 399

mitted to and approved by the qualified voters of the town of
Cottage City, Maryland, as hereinafter provided.

The date of said election shall be fixed by the Cottage City
Commission, and notice thereof shall be given by advertise-
ment in one or more newspapers published in Prince George's
County, Maryland, which have a circulation in Cottage City
once a week for two successive weeks prior to said election,
and also by posting notices of such election in at least two
public places within the limits of each ward in said town.

The ballots shall be prepared as ballots are prepared for a
general town election, and shall have printed thereon the words
"For new street improvement loan, " with a blank square
opposite at the right of said words, and immediately there-
under shall be the following words "Against new street im-
provement loan, " with a blank square opposite at the right
of said words.

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

In the event that at such election, the majority of the votes
cast shall be in favor of the new street improvement loan, then
this Act shall be in full force and effect, but in the event that
the majority of the votes so cast shall be against the new street
improvement loan, then the Cottage City Commission may
submit the same question in the same manner and under this
Act to the qualified voters of said town at the next succeeding
general election in said town.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate 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 Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.