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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Where

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said branch railroad shall

laid.

be constructed and laid down within one-half mile of the court

house of Caroline county.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That on the first Tuesday after

the first Monday in June, eighteen hundred and ninety, the same

being the third day of said month, the said county commissioners

shall submit to the legal voters of said county, whether they will

To submit

vote for or against the issuance of the bonds of said county, in

the sum of sixty thousand dollars, for the purpose of aiding in

the construction of said branch railroad, as hereinbefore pro video,

at an election to be held on that day for the purpose of ascer-

taining the sense of such voters touching said question, and the

said county commissioners shall cause to be printed or written on

the ballots to be used at the said election the words, " For aid to

the Delaware and Chesapeake railway," and the words, " Against

aid to the Delaware and Chesapeake railway," and they are here-

by authorized to pay the costs of such ballots.

SEC. 6. And be it furtJter enacted, That the judges of the elec-

tion in the several election districts shall carefully ascertain the

Make

number of votes cast in their respective districts, " For aid to the

returns

Delaware and Chesapeake railway," and the number of votes cast

" Against aid to the Delaware and Chesapeake railway," and the

several return judges shall make two returns thereof, attested by

their hands and seals to the clerk of the circuit court for Caro-

line county, and said clerk shall send a copy thereof, under the

seal of his office, to said county commissioners.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if from the returns made by

the judges of the election, as certified by the said clerk, it shall

appear that a majority of the votes were cast in favor of " Aid to

To Issue.

the said Delaware and Chesapeake railway," the said county com-

missioners, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and

directed to issue the bonds of said county to the amount of sixty

thousand dollars, in conformity with the provisions of section one

(section 1) of this act.

Effective

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.