MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3607
of Health, to which duplicate copies shall be sent Proposed Main Sewerage
and Drainage Plans for the several districts represented.
1914, ch. 627, sec. 4G8E.
882. When, after thorough investigation of the sanitary conditions in
any district or area, the said Commission is convinced that the public
health and welfare demand that all or a portion of the proposed main sew-
erage or drainage plan for any district or area be constructed and estab-
lished, they shall pass a resolution to that effect and shall at once have
prepared the necessary detail plans, specifications and estimates. When
such plans and estimates are completed, the said Commission shall imme-
diately publish, once each week for three consecutive weeks, in all county
newspapers published within or near such district or areas, notices of said
resolutions and the estimated cost of the improvement, together with the
fact that said Commission had decided that a vote be taken on a date given,
to determine whether bonds shall be issued for the construction and estab-
lishment of all or a part of the main sewerage or drainage systems in the
districts or areas under consideration.
The said Commission shall, at the same time, certify to the Board of
Supervisors of Elections for said County, that a.vote is desired on the
question. They shall also submit to said Board the proposition, to be
printed on the ballot, and file with them maps and descriptions of the dis-
trict or area It shall thereupon be the duty of the Board of Supervisors
to approve the date for said election and issue a call for the same by pub-
lication, at least once a week for a period of three consecutive weeks in all
county newspapers published within the county; provided, however, that
if the date fixed for said special election is not that of the next County,
State, or general election, said date shall be one, at least six months in ad-
vance of the date on which any one of the above elections is to be held.
The voting lists, on the question of the issue of Sewerage and Drainage
Bonds in any district or area, shall be composed of:
(a) The qualified voters from the last general registers of election of
those entitled to vote at the last County, State or general election, residing
in or paying taxes on property within the district or area;
(b) Resident taxpayers, not qualified voters therein;
(c) Non-resident taxpayers;
(d) Provided, however, that a person paying a dog tax shall not be con-
strued a taxpayer for the purpose of this Act.
The Board of Election Supervisors shall prepare a list of those qualified
to vote on the question, whose names are found on the general register.
The said Commission shall have prepared from the tax books of the county,
under the direction of the County Clerk, separate lists of the resident and
non-resident taxpayers of the district or area. These shall be handed to
the Board of Supervisors, who shall cause to be stricken off from the tax-
payers lists any name found on the list prepared from the election regis-
ters.
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