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	invested by the county commissioners to purchase
	said bonds when redeemed ; and should this not be
	deemed sufficient to pay the .interest on said bonds
	and to create a sinking fund for their redemption,
	the county commissioners are hereby authorized to
	levy a tax each year to meet any deficiency that may
	occur, until the revenue from said stock is sufficient
	for this purpose.
	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in accordance
	with the provisions of article three, section fifty-four,
	of the Constitution of Maryland, this act shall be published for two months next before the next elec-	How publish- ed.
	tion of members of the House of Delegates, in the
	newspapers published in said county, and shall also
	be approved by a majority of all the members elected
	to each House of the General Assembly at its next
	session after said election.
	SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That the qualified voters
	of Washington county be and they are hereby au-
	thorized to determine by ballot, at the election for	Ballots — how
	members of the House of Delegates, in November,	prepared.
	eighteen hundred and eighty-one, whether or not the
	county commissioners shall subscribe to the capital
	stock of turnpike companies as prescribed by this
	act, and to that end the qualified voters of said
	county are hereby empowered to cast a ballot at said
	election, which said ballot shall have written or
	printed on it "for county subscription to turnpikes,"
	or " against county subscription to turnpikes ;" and
	the judges of election, in the various election dis-
	tricts of said county, are hereby directed to count
	said ballots and certify the result of such count to	Certify to re-
	the clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington	sult.
	county, as other election returns are made and cer-
	tified ; and if it shall appear from said returns and
	certificates that a majority of votes cast at said elec-
	tion has been in favor of a subscription to the capi-
	tal stock of turnpike companies by the county, then
	the county commissioners of said county shall sub
	scribe to the capital stock of said turnpike compan-
	ies, when the requirements of this act have beer
	complied with.
	Approved April 10, 1880.