ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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secretary and treasurer to keep a correct record of all

proceedings of said board, and to safely keep and pre-

serve all books, papers and other moveable property

connected with, or belonging to said works, and the

said board are authorized to pay such secretary and

treasurer a reasonable compensation for his services,

and to take from him a bond in such penalty as they

Take bond.

may deem proper, conditioned for the faithful discharge

of his duties, such bond to be payable to the mayor

and councilmen of said town.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

duty of the mayor and councilmen of said town of

Frostburg, at a special election to be provided by them

by ordinance, to submit to the qualified voters of said

town the question as to whether, or not, water-works

Submit to vo-
ters.

shall be purchased or built for said town under this

act, and at such election the ballots cast upon said

question shall bear the words " For water-works," or

"Against water-works," as the voter shall desire, and if

more than three-fifths of the votes cast upon said ques-

tion shall be " For water-works," then the mayor and

councilmen of said town, and the commissioners named

in section four of this act, shall proceed, without delay,

to execute the powers vested in them by the provisions

of this act; but if two-fifths or more of the votes cast

upon said question shall be " against water-works,"

Not execute.

then said mayor and councilmen and said commission-

ers shall not execute any of the powers vested in them

by this act; and it shall be the duty of said mayor

and councilmen to give at least thirty days' notice of

Give notice.

the time and place of said special election by weekly

publication in some newspaper printed in said town,

and by handbills; and they are hereby authorized

to appoint three judges and two clerks to act as

such at said election, and to provide for receiving a

certificate of the result thereof; and at least ten days'

before said election is held they shall cause this act to

Publish act.

be published in some newspaper printed in said town.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.