WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1325

lar election, submit to the voters of Mardela Springs the
question whether or not the said bonds shall be issued,
and upon the ballots to be used at said election there shall
be printed or written the words "For Water Supply Bonds"
and "Against Water Supply Bonds," and if a majority of
the votes cast upon said question shall be "For Water
Supply Bonds" then the said authorities shall exercise
the power vested in them by this Act and shal issue the
bonds authorized by this Act, but if a majority of the
votes cast upon said question shall be "Against Water
Supply Bonds", the power shall not be exercised or the
bonds issued, but the said authorities, however, shall
have the power to submit the question at such succeeding
regular municipal elections until a majority of the votes
cast on said question shall be "For Water Supply Bonds",
at which time they shall exercise the power conferred by
the Act, and issue the bonds authorized by said Act.

155R Whenever the bonds or any part of the bonds
authorized by this Act are sold, the Commissioners of
Mardela Springs may levy upon the assessable property
of Mardela Springs annually, so long as any of said bonds
are outstanding, such sum of money in addition to the
tax rate authorized by Section 147 hereof as may be neces-
sary to pay the interest in the said bonds and to retire
the said bonds at maturity.

155S All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed to the extent of their inconsistency, provided
that nothing herein contained shall be taken as restricting
any control which the State Board of Health of Mary-
land is empowered to exercise.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 540.
(Senate Bill 298)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 5 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cal-
vert County", sub-title "County Commissioners", said