TALBOT COUNTY. 4659

said election shall be given by publication in some newspaper printed and
published in Talbot County at least three weeks before said election. The
ballots for said election shall be prepared by the Commissioners of St.
Michaels, and shall have printed thereon the words "For Sale of Plant,"
with a blank square opposite the right of said words, and immediately
thereunder shall be the following words: "Against Sale of Plant,'' with a
blank square opposite the right of said words. The voter shall indicate
his choice by marking a cross (X) in one of said blank squares. The
Commissioners of St. Michaels shall appoint the necessary officers to con-
duct the election.

If the number of votes cast in said election "For Sale of Plant" shall
equal a majority of the total number of registered voters of said town
then this Act shall be of full force and effect, but if less than a majority
in number of the total registered vote shall be cast "For Sale of Plant"
then this Act shall be void and of no effect and the said The Commis-
sioners of St. Michaels shall not sell said Plant.

1929, ch. 205, sec. 3.

482. Upon the approval of the sale of said Municipal Electric Light
and Power Plant by the voters of St. Michaels as hereinabove provided,
The Commissioners of St. Michaels are authorized to advertise for bids
for the purchase of said Plant, said advertisement to be inserted for such
length of time and in such newspaper or newspapers as "the Commissionera
of St. Michaels may deem best." Bids therefor shall be opened at such
time and place as may be fixed and advertised by said Commissioners.
All bids or offers received for said Plant shall be considered by the Com-
missioners of St. Michaels in conjunction with the Electric Plant Sale
Committee, as hereinafter provided, and with the approval of said Com-
mittee a satisfactory bid may be accepted and said Plant sold at such price
and upon such terms as the Commissioners of St. Michaels and said Elec-
tric Plant Sale Committee may approve. Any and all bids not deemed
satisfactory by said Commissioners and Committee may be rejected and
the Commissioners of St. Michaels are hereby authorized to re-advertise
for bids in their discretion.

1929, ch. 205, sec. 4.

483. Edward R. Buck, Norman M. Shannahan, Wm. C. Mills, Robert
L. Seth and Robert W. Dryden, citizens and taxpayers of the town of St.
Michaels, are hereby appointed as a Committee to be known as "Electric
Plant Sale Committee," which Committee shall act in conjunction with
the Commissioners of 'St. Michaels in making a sale of the Municipal
Electric Light and Power Plant of St. Michaels and in effecting a satis-
factory arrangement with some responsible Trust Company for the invests
ment and handling of the proceeds of sale of said Plant as hereinafter
provided. Any vacancy in the membership of said Committee because of
death, resignation or any other cause, shall be filled by appointment of the
Commissioners of St. Michaels by Resolution duly passed by said Com-
missioners and entered upon its minute book.