4022 ARTICLE 17.

petition signed by at least ten per centum of the qualified voters of the
town of Mount Rainier, Maryland, as shown by the registration books
used at the then last regular municipal election, shall be presented to the
said Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier, Maryland, request-
ing that the following question be submitted to the legal voters of said
town, to wit: "Shall a tax of not to succeed* 20c. on each $100.00 of the
assessed valuation of all real and personal property within the town of
Mount Rainier appearing on the books of the town treasurer be levied
each year for the purpose of providing a fund to be used exclusively for
the establishment and maintenance of a garbage and/or trash and/or ash
collection and disposal service within the corporate limits of the town";
and when such petition shall have been received by the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Mount Rainier, they shall cause said question to be sub-
mitted to the qualified voters of said town at an election to be held as.
hereinafter provided.

The date of said election shall be fixed by the Mayor and Common:
Council and notice thereof shall be given by advertisement in some news-
paper published within the town of Mount Rainier, and if there be no
such paper or if the charges of such paper for said advertisement shall be
in excess of the standard rates heretofore adopted by the newspaper pub-
lishers of Prince George's County for similar advertising, then in a news-
paper published in Prince George's County which has a circulation in the
town of Mount Rainier, once a week for two successive weeks prior to said
election, and also by posting notices of such election in at least two places,
within the limits of each ward in said town.

The ballots shall be prepared as ballots are prepared for a general town,
election and shall have printed thereon the words: "For a special assess-
ment of not to exceed 20c. on each $100.00 of the assessed valuation of all
real and personal property appearing on the books of the town treasurer
to be levied each year for the purpose of providing a fund for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of a garbage and/or ash and/or trash collection:
and disposal service within the corporate limits of the town of Mount
Rainier," with a blank square opposite at the right of said words, and im-
mediately thereunder shall be the following words: "Against a special as-
sessment of not to exceed 20c. on each $100.00 of the assessed valuation
of all real and personal property appearing on the books of the town treas-
urer to be levied each year for the purpose of providing a fund for the
establishment and maintenance of a garbage and/or ash and/or trash col-
lection and disposal service within the corporate limits of the town of
Mount Rainier," with a blank square opposite at the right of said words.

And in the event that said election shall be held at the same time that
the regular town election is held, said words and blank squares shall be
printed on the regular ballot for said election, and the officials in charge
of said regular election shall act as officials for this election and said votes
shall be canvassed at the same time and in the same manner as are ther
votes for the regular election.

*"Exceed" evidently intended.