PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 821

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said bonds, authorized
and directed to be issued by this act, shall be sold by the Presi-
dent and Commissioners of Princess Anne for not less than the
par value thereof, and said bonds shall be disposed of at public
auction at the courthouse door at Princess Anne to the highest
bidder for cash, after notice by advertising in all the news-
papers in said town, once a week for four successive weeks prior
to the date of sale, and the proceeds arising from the sale of
said bonds shall be applied, first, to the payment of any unse-
cured indebtedness heretofore incurred by the President and
Commissioners of Princess Anne, on account of the construc-
tion, reconstruction and maintenance of the present system of
water works, not heretofore provided for by bond issue, and the
balance of said proceeds shall be used by the said President
and Commissioners of Princess Anne for the repairing, recon-
struction- and extending the system of water works in the town,
of Princess Anne, and for the construction of a sewerage sys-
tem in said town, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That before the said bonds may
be issued, the President and Commissioners shall cause the ques-
tion of the issue of said bonds to be submitted to the qualified
voters of said town at the next regular election thereof; and,
should the said question be determined in favor of said issue
at said election, then the said President and. Commissioners of
said town are authorized and directed to proceed with the issue
of said bonds as hereinbefore provided, and the said President
and Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to pro
vide by ordinance for the submission of said question at the-
next regular town election held after the passage of this act.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said President and
Commissioners of Princess Anne are hereby authorized and
empowered to employ experts in sewerage and water-works con-
struction, at reasonable compensation, and to contract for and
superintend the building and construction of a sewerage system
for said town of Princess Anne, and to lay out, build and
construct a water-works system for said town, or to repair, con-
struct, improve and enlarge the system of water-works now in
use in said town, which said sewerage system and system of
water-works or reconstruction thereof shall be built by contract,
in such manner as said President and Commissioners, in their
discretion, shall determine, and the person or persons to whom
such contract may be awarded shall, if required, execute a
bond to the said President and Commissioners of Princess Anne,
with security or sureties, and with penalty approved by the said
President and Commissioners of Princess Anne, and condi-