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on, shall annually levy such tax on the assessable property
of Cecil County as shall be necessary to pay the interest
on any bonds or notes that may be issued and outstand-
ing hereunder as the same become due and payable, and
also, in addition thereto, the Couny Commissioners shall
annually levy a tax upon the assessable preperty of said
County sufficient to pay and retire all of said bonds or
notes as they shall mature.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the bonds or
notes authorized by this Act shall be sold in the manner
prescribed by Sections 35 and 36 of Article 31 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition).

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That at the general
election in November, 1948, there shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of Cecil County, the question whether
the said bonds shall be issued, and at such general election
the ballots used and cast upon the question shall havve
printed thereon the words "For the School Bond Issue"
and "Against the School Bond Issue", and if the majority
of the votes cast upon said question shall be "For the
School Bond Issue" then the County Commissioners for
Cecil County shall proceed to exercise the power vested
in them by this Act, and shall issue the bonds as herein
provided; but if the majority of the votes cast shall be
"Against the School Bond Issue", then this Act shall be
null and void.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 587.
(Senate Bill 450)

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a Charter
Commission to revise the charter of the City of Hagers-
town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Mayor of Hagerstown be and he is hereby author-
ized to appoint a Charter Commission to consist of two
members from each ward and two members to be appointed