PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 4071

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 the 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
Issue" and "Against Sewerage and Drainage Bond Issue." Returns of
the vote shall be certified by the Board of Supervisors of Elections to the
Board of County Commissioners. That in the event of an unfavorable
election, the Commissioners may request another election within a year,
subject to the restrictions as to date hereinbefore set forth.

1914, ch. 793, sec. 529G.

918. It may be lawful instead of following the method provided in
Section 917, that where and whenever sixty per cent, of the taxpayers on
real property, or signers representing at least sixty per cent, of the assess-
able real property, in any sewerage or drainage district or area in Prince
George's 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
Commission 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, pri-
vate 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, intercepting or outfall sewer, forming
part of the main sewerage or drainage plan involved, the size and loca-
tion of all local systems, of mains and laterals, also the location, character
and size of such plant or means of disposal of the sewerage or water, col-
lected by such system or systems, and the probable cost of constructing,
and the annual charge necessary to repair and efficiently maintain the
same. The map prepared shall show accurately by metes and bounds and
such natural features as may exist as bounds the district or area to be
benefited, by such construction and establishment, together with the names
of the various property owners, roads, alleys, streets, whether public or
private in such district or area; the location of the natural or artificial
topographic features, and the location of all parts of the system under
consideration, whether within or without the district or area. Such survey
shall be made and such maps, plans and reports filed within one hundred
and twenty days of date of the filing of the petition.

Upon the filing of such map, plans and report, the said Commission
shall submit a copy of the same to the State Board of Health and when
said Board shall approve the said system as to sanitary efficiency, design,
and character, then the said Commission shall fix a day and place for
hearing on said petition and shall give notice thereof by publication of
said petition and the date set for the hearing, in the County papers, pub-
lished in or near such district or area once a week for at least two weeks.
At such hearing all persons affected by the construction of the proposed