WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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of the town of Union Bridge, in Carroll county, desire

that said limits be so extended as to embrace his, her

or their lands, the said person or persons shall ex-

press the same to the Mayor and Common Council

of the said town of Union Bridge, in Carroll county,

by petition, and if any of said land or lands is laid

off in lots, streets and alleys, a majority of those

persons owning said lots bounding on one or more

streets, may express by petition to the Mayor and

Express by
petition.

Common Council as aforesaid their desire to have

said lots, streets and alleys embraced in the corpo-

rate limits of the town aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in the event of

such petition being made to the Mayor and Com-

mon Council of the town of Union Bridge, in Car-

roll county, as aforesaid, by any person or persons

as provided for in the above section, then and in that

case the said Mayor and Common Council shall sub-

Submit to

mit the matter as expressed in the petition to the

the qualified
voters.

qualified voters of said town of Union Bridge, hav-

ing given at least ten days' notice of said election.

When if it shall appear that a majority of the legal

and qualified voters voting at said election are in

favor of so extending the limits of the said town of

Union Bridge so as to take into the corporate bounds

thereof the land or lands so petitioned for as above

provided, then the Mayor and Common Council of

said town of Union Bridge shall cause a survey and

Cause a sur-

plot of said lands, lots, streets and alleys to be made,

vey to be made

and shall have the same recorded in the office of the

clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll county as an

addition to the corporate limits of said town, and the

said lands, lots, streets and alleys, and the inhabi-

tants thereof so embraced within the corporate limits

of said town shall be subject to all the laws and or-

dinances given said town.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective

take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1882.