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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

School Commissioners of Garrett county to con-

tract or pay any debt or debts in excess of the

annual revenue provided for them by law for

Not to assume
or pay.

school purposes; nor shall the County Commission-

ers of said Garrett county assume or pay any debt

or any portion of any such debt as shall or may

be contracted in violation of the provisions of

tins act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That at the next elec-

tion to be held in this State for members of the

House of Representatives in the Congress of the

United States, the question of whether or not the

bonds mentioned in this act shall be issued, shall

be submitted to the qualified voters of Garrett

Ballots— how

county, and that in voting upon said question the

prepared.

words "For issuing school bonds," or "Against

issuing school bonds," or words equivalent thereto,

may be written or printed on the ballots voted;

and for the purpose of determining whether or

not a majority of the legal voters voting upon

said question are in favor of issuing said bonds,

the judges of election in said county shall count

and cast up the number of votes in their respective

districts for and against the same, and shall keep

Count sepa-

said count separate from the count of votes for

rately.

Representative in Congress, and the return judges,

when they meet to count up the votes cast for

representative, shall also separately count up and

ascertain the vote upon said question, and shall

make up a certificate for the county commissioners

of said county, showing the number of votes cast

in the several election districts for and against

Certificate to

said measure; and said certificate shall be recorded

be recorded.

in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for

said county, and shall be evidence of the number

of votes cast for and against the issue of said

bonds; and if it appears thereby that a majority

of the votes cast upon said question were in favor

of issuing said bonds, then said county commis-

How ratified.

sioners shall proceed without delay to exercise the

powers vested in them by sections one, two, three,

four and tive of this act; but if a majority of the

votes cast upon said question shall appear to be

against the issue of said bonds, then said county