394 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 208

Commissioners of Cresaptown to the qualified voters by ordi-
nance, as herein provided for, at any time and from time to
time, until the full amount of one hundred thousand dollars
($100, 000) as herein provided for shall be authorized, and the
Mayor and Commissioners of Cresaptown may, if they desire,
incorporate in said ordinance two or more distinct proposi-
tions and submit the same to the voters so as to allow them to
vote for either or all of said propositions.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
determining whether the citizens of said Cresaptown desire to
incorporate, there shall be held a referendum on the first Tues-
day of August, 1937, between the hours of one o'clock P. M.
and nine o'clock P. M. under the supervision of a committee
consisting of Jacob Richardson, Francis Keefer and Charles S.
Grant who are hereby appointed judges for that purpose and
for the time hereinafter named; provided that in case of any
of said judges shall be unable to act on account of sickness,
death, refusal to act or otherwise, then the remaining judge
or judges shall fill the vacancy or vacancies by appointing a
suitable person or persons residing in said town who are
qualified voters therein in accordance with the provisions of
this Act.

The said committee shall not less than five days before said
referendum election, post in five conspicuous places in said
town a written or printed notice notifying all the residents of
said town who are qualified to vote under this Act that an
election will be held on the date fixed in this Act at a certain
place between certain hours, which notice shall contain the
said date, the hours that the polls will remain open and the
location of the polling place or places, and a statement that
the election is to be held for the purpose of deciding whether
or not to adopt this charter and form an incorporated town.

The said committee shall provide and furnish the place or
places where such election shall be held, the booths, ballot
boxes and sufficient number of printed ballots, upon which on
one line the words "For Incorporation" shall be printed, and
on another line the words ''Against Incorporation", with
squares opposite each.

Said election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable as
an election for county officers is conducted in all points not
specially provided for in this Act, and on the closing of the
polls the said committee shall canvass said votes and publicly
announce the result of said canvass. In the event that a ma-
jority of the votes cast are for incorporation, this Act shall
immediately become effective, and in the event that a majority
of said votes are against incorporation, it shall be null and
void.