4822 ARTICLE 22.

published notice; but if a majority of the duly qualified voters voting on
said question shall vote "Against" the proposed sale, lease, or disposition of
said property, as the case may be, then it shall be unlawful for said Mayor
and Council, and said Mayor and Council shall not have any power or
authority, to make the proposed sale, lease, or other disposition of said
property.

1927, ch. 353, sec. 1.

434. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and
empowered to sell and convey in fee simple with a general warranty deed
any and all real estate which it acquired by and through the agency of the
Sewerage Commission of Hagerstown not needed for sewerage and drain-
age purposes for said City in the opinion of the Mayor and Council, more
particularly certain portions of that real estate which was conveyed to
the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown by two deeds, one from John Eld-
ridge and wife, dated March 24th, 1917, and recorded in Liber 150, folio
751 and the other from Jacob Roessner, said deed being dated March 31st,
1917, and recorded in Liber 150, folio 750, both of said deeds being of
the land records of Washington County.

1927, ch. 353, sec. 2.

435. Recitals in any deed conveying any of the real estate mentioned
in the preceding section of this Act, that such real estate was acquired by
the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown by and through the agency of the
Sewerage Commission of Hagerstown for sewerage and drainage purposes
and that the land so sold and conveyed is not needed for sewerage and
drainage purposes shall be conclusive evidence that the said real estate so
acquired at the time of such acquisition was necessary for sewerage and
drainage purposes, and that the same is no longer needed for such pur-
poses.

1927, ch. 353, sec. 3.

436. All deeds heretofore executed by the Mayor and Council of
Hagerstown conveying any and all portions of the two tracts of land men-
tioned in Section 434 of this article to any and all purchasers thereof be,
and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed to said purchasers, and that
the money arising from the sale of any of the said real estate shall be paid
to the Tax Collector of Hagerstown, shall be deposited by him to the "New
Sewerage System and Disposal Plant Bonds and Interest Account," and
paid out by him only on the warrant signed by the Mayor and indorsed
by the Clerk of the Mayor and Council for the retirement of Sewerage
Bonds and the payment of the interest thereon when due and payable.

TAX EXEMPTION.

1920, ch. 467, sec. 2.

437. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown are hereby authorized and
empowered by a general ordinance or by special resolution from time to