EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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tion, the rate of interest they are to bear, and the time and man-

ner in which they are to be paid.

15H. That any such ordinances as that required by the pre-

ceding section shall be submitted to the legal voters of said

To be sub-
mitted to the

town for the purpose of ascertaining whether the majority of

legal voters.

those voting shall give their assent thereto ; and the said Com-

missioners shall give notice of a special election to be held for

that purpose by publication in the Aberdeen Enterprise, or

some other paper published in said town, and if there is no

newspaper published in said town, then in some newspaper

published in Harford County, for at least twenty days before

said election ; shall appoint judges of said election, and shall

cause a copy of the ordinance to be posted at the polling place

and at other public places in said town.

15I. That whenever any election is held as provided in the

preceding section, the voice of said voters shall be taken by

Manner of
voting for or

ballot, and those giving their assent to the ordinance shall de-

against ordi-

posit a ballot having written or printed upon it the words "In

nance.

favor of Ordinance No. (giving the number) of the Commis-

sioners of Aberdeen, authorizing the issue of (naming the

amount) dollars of bonds;" and those refusing their assent to

the ordinance shall deposit a ballot having written or printed

upon it the words "Against Ordinance No. (giving; the num-

ber) of the Commissioners of Aberdeen, authorizing the issue

of (naming the amount) dollars of bonds;" that the polls

shall be open at twelve o'clock M., and close at seven o'clock

P.M., and at the closing of the polls the judges of election shall

count the ballots so cast, and shall then return the same and the

tally sheets of their count to the said Commissioners on the

day following that upon which the election was held, and the

said Commissioners shall immediately announce and publish

the result; and if a majority of those voting have given their

assent to the ordinance, it shall take effect from the date of the

announcement and publication of the result by the said Com-

missioners.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 256.

AN ACT to incorporate the town of Sykesville, in Carroll and

Howard Counties, Maryland.