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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lect for this purpose, the sum of four thousand dol-

lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry

out the provisions of this act.

Sac. 11. And le it further enacted, That the

Mayor and Council of Hagerstown be and they are

hereby authorized and empowered, whenever they

deem it expedient, to levy and collect, in the same

Engineer to

manner as other corporation taxes are levied and

make surveys

collected, the sum of five hundred dollars, and to

expend so much thereof as may be necessary to em-

ploy a competent engineer to make surveys, plans
and specifications for and careful estimates of the

cost of furnishing said Hagerstown with water

works.

SEC. 12 And be it further enacted, That the

Publish re-

Mayor and Council of Hagerstown be and they are

sults of sur-

hereby directed to publish in succinct form in the

veys.

newspapers of Hagerstown, the results of such sur-

veys, plans and estimates of cost; and that said

mayor and council are hereby empowered to order

an election to be held at such time as they shall des-

ignate, after the same notice and in the same man-

ner as corporate elections of said town are now held,

to take the sense of the people in respect to water

works for said town ; and at such election the qual-

ified voters then residing within the corporate limits

of said town be and they are hereby authorized to

cast a ballot " for the contract for water works," or

a ballot " against the contract for water works," and

that the result of such election shall be certified in

the manner of certifying corporate elections to the

mayor and council of said town, and if the majority

How opera-
tive.

of the votes cast be "for the contract for water
works," the said mayor and council shall be forth-

with empowered and authorized to carry out and

give effect to the terms and provisions of this act in

respect to a contract with a joint stock water com-

pany as hereinbefore provided.

Approved April 10, 1880.