FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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them coupons each representing one semi-annual install-

ment of interest ; and said bonds and coupons shall be

signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary

or clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Howard County ;

and said bonds are hereby exempted from all State,

municipal and county taxation ; provided, however, that

said bonds shall not be issued until the question of their

issuance shall have been submitted by the commissioners of

Howard County to the qualified voters of Howard County

as hereinafter provided, and a majority of the votes cast by

qualified voters in said county shall have been in favor of

their issuance for the purposes herein declared ; and pro-

vided further that the money realized from said levy and

from the sale of said bonds shall be used only for the pur-

poses herein declared.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That on the first Tues-

day after the first Monday in November eighteen hundred

Shall

and ninety -two, the same being the seventh day of said

submit to
vote

mouth the commissioners of Baltimore County sliall submit

to the legal voters of Baltimore County the question

whether they will vote for or against the making of a levy

on the assessable property of Baltimore County for the sum

of fifteen thousand dollars for the purposes herein declared ;

and they shall cause to be printed or written on the ballots

to be used at said election the words "For Wilkins' Avenue

Bridge," and the words " Against Wilkins Avenue Bridge,"

and they are hereby authorized to pay the costs of said

election.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That on the first Tues-

day after the first Monday in November eighteen hundred

and ninety-two, the same being the seventh day of said

month, the County Commissioners of Howard County shall

Ibid

submit to the legal voters of Howard County the question

whether they will vote for or against the issuance of bonds

as aforesaid in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the

purpose herein declared ; and the said County Commission-

ers shall cause to be printed or written on the ballots to be

used at said election the words "For Wilkins Avenue

Bridge " and the words " AgainstWilkins' Avenue Bridge "

and the commissioners of Howard County are hereby author-

ized to pay the costs of said election.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the judges of

election in the several election districts of each county

Election

shall carefully ascertain the number of votes cast in their

returns.

respective districts " For Wilkins' Avenue Bridge" and the

number cast "Against Wilkins' Avenue Bridge " and the

several return judges shall make two returns thereof at-