3608 ARTICLE 16.

The said Commission shall have forwarded to each resident taxpayer
not on the list of qualified voters prepared by the Supervisors of Elections
and to each non-resident taxpayer, at the last known addresses a copy of
the various official publications on the matter, and a copy of the order,
fixing the time and place of the election, together with a blank ballot,
across the face of which has been printed or written the words "Resident
Taxpayer's Ballot" and "Non-Resident Taxpayer's Ballot", respectively.
If such taxpayer desires to vote on the question, the proper mark shall be
made thereon, in the presence of a notary, whose acknowledgment shall be
endorsed and whose seal affixed to said ballot, the same then being for-
warded in a sealed registered package to the said Commission, before the
close of the polls, and the said ballot shall be counted as a yea or nay vote,
on the question of the bond issue.

The Board of Election Supervisors shall designate one or more polling
places within the district or area and shall hold an election, appointing
judges and clerks for each polling place, who shall be the same in number
and receive the same compensation as that received in a County, State or
general election, provided, however, that they may in case of a separate
ballot on said bond issues, at times of County, State, or general elections,
appoint such additional clerical help as may be needed and approved of by
said Commission.

The election shall conform to the laws governing in said County, and
the ballot shall contain the words "For Sewerage and Drainage Bond Is-
sue" and "Against Sewerage and Drainage Bond Issue." Returns of the
votes shall be certified by the Board of Supervisors of Elections to the
Board of County Commissioners. That in the event of unfavorable elec-
tion, the Commissioners may request another election within a year, sub-
ject to the restrictions as to date hereinbefore set forth.

1914, ch. 627, sec. 468F.

883. It may be lawful instead of following the method provided in
Section 882, that where and whenever sixty per cent, of the taxpayers on
real property, or signers representing at least sixty per cent, of th assess-
able real property, in any sewerage or drainage district or area in Mont-
gomery County, shall file with the said Commission a petition stating the
location and extent of a proposed sewerage or drainage system, the public
need therefor, and the names and residences of the signers, the said Com-
mission shall thereupon have made an accurate survey of the said district
or area, and a map and report prepared showing what part of the main
sewerage or drainage system is included, the number of public, private and
manufacturing buildings, and the number of persons residing in, or to be
served. They shall also have prepared detail plans showing the size and
location of the trunk, interception or outfall sewer, forming part of the
main sewerage or drainage plan involved, the size and location of all local
systems, of mains and laterals, and the location, character and size of such
plant or means of disposal of the sewerage or water, collected by such
system or systems, and the probable cost of constructing and the annual