898 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 622]

for the purpose of submitting the question to the voters of said
Town of Union Bridge, whether or not the bond issue herein
provided for shall be made.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That at the said election, either
general or special, in said Town of Union Bridge a vote shall
be taken whether or not the bond issue herein provided for
shall be made, which election shall be held under the provisions
of law now governing elections in said Town of Union Bridge;
and for taking said vote there shall be printed on all ballots at
said election the words "For the Electric Light Bond issue" and
the words "Against the Electric Light Bond Issue," and if a
majority of the legal qualified voters shall vote in favor of said
bond issue then the Mayor and Common Council of said Union
Bridge are required to issue said bonds to an amount not
exceeding in the aggregate the amount or sum of money named
in said published notice of said election; the said bonds shall be
issued in sums of not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars; shall have coupons attached thereto
for the purpose of the interest thereon, payable semi-annually
at a rate not exceeding five per cent.; shall each be signed by
the Mayor and Common Council, with the corporate seal of said
town affixed, and shall be registered by said clerk in a book spe-
cially provided for that purpose. The Mayor and Common
Council are authorized and empowered to fix and determine the
length of time any and all said bonds shall run, their series and
the time at which any and all said bonds shall be redeemable;
provided, none of said bonds shall run beyond forty years from
the date of said issue; but if a majority of the said legal and
qualified voters shall vote against the issue of said bonds, then
this act shall be null and void. The judges and clerk at said
election shall, at the close of the polls of said election day, cast
up the votes and make certificate of the same in the usual form
and file said certificate with and return the ballots to the said
Mayor and Common Council, who shall announce the result of
said election in one or more newspapers published in said Car-
roll county.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if the result of said election
shall be in favor of the bond issue for the purpose aforesaid,
the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Union Bridge
be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds
upon the credit of said Town of Union Bridge, as hereinbefore
provided, and to sell said bonds at such time and place, in such
manner, at public or private sale as the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council may determine; provided, that no bond shall be
sold at a sum less than its par value; and with the proceeds of