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of said Article, changing the name and style of the Corpora-
tion of the town of Boonsboro; extending and changing the
term of office of the present officials, and adapting the Char-
ter to the changes herein provided.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 41, 42 and 44 of Article 22 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wash-
ington County", sub-title "Boonsboro", be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and that a new sec-
tion be and it is hereby added to said Article, said new section
to be known as Section 44A, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 44 of said Article, and all to read as follows:

41. The inhabitants of Boonsboro, in Washington County,
are created a corporation by the name of the Mayor and
Council of Boonsboro, and by that name shall have perpetual
succession, may sue and be sued, may have and use a common
seal, and possess such other incidents and powers as attach
by law to a municipal corporation, and may purchase and
hold real, personal and mixed property for the benefit of said
corporation; provided, however, that the Mayor and Council
shall not purchase or acquire any real estate unless the said
Mayor and Council shall first provide by ordinance for said
purchase and the mode and manner of payment therefor, and
all ordinances for the purchase of real estate shall provide
for submitting the question of said purchase to the qualified
voters of said town at some regular election for the election
of Mayor and Councilmen of said town, and before any such
ordinance shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the town
at least four weeks' public notice shall be given by handbills
posted in at least fifteen conspicuous places in the town of an
intention to submit said ordinance to the qualified voters of
the town, and said notice shall set forth the ordinance in full
and the mode and manner of payment proposed, and no ordi-
nance for the purchase of real estate shall be of any force or
validity unless it shall receive a majority of all the votes cast
at such election.

42. The government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor,
Assistant Mayor and five Councilman, to be elected as herein-
after provided. No person elected and qualified as Mayor,
Assistant Mayor or Councilman, or any person holding any
office by election, appointment or otherwise, under the pro-
visions of the sub-title of this Article, or by virtue thereof,
shall, during the term of his office, be interested, directly or
indirectly, in any contract in which the town is a party or is
interested; nor shall any such person, while holding such office,
be directly or indirectly engaged in furnishing work, labor or