JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

hundred and ninety-seven, inclusive, title "Carroll
County," and sub-title "Union Bridge," with amendments,
and insert additional sections relating to the charter of
Union Bridge.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections one hundred and sixty -seven to one hun-
dred and ninety-seven, inclusive, of Article 7, of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll County, "sub-
title "Union Bridge," and the several Acts and parts of Acts
amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby repealed,
and the said Sections one hundred and sixty-seven to one
hundred and ninety-seven, inclusive, of Article 7, of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll County,"
sub-title "Union Bridge," are hereby re-enacted with amend-
ments, and additional sections inserted, so as to read as fol-
lows :

CHARTER FOR UNION BRIDGE — INCORPORATION OF UNION
BRIDGE.

Carroll Co.
Union Bridge.

Sec. 167. The inhabitants of Union Bridge, in Carroll
County, are created a corporation, by the name of "The
Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge," 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 to a municipal corporation,
and may purchase and hold real, personal and mixed prop-
erty for the benefit of said corporation; provided, however,
that the Mayor and Common 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 the town
at some regular election for the election of 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 publication in the town papers, or if
there is none, then in one of the county seat papers, 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 provided; and no
ordinance 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.

Charter and
Incorporation.