ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in accordance with

the provisions of article three, section fifty-four of the

Constitution of Maryland, this act shall be published

for two months next before the next election of mem-

Act to be pub-

bers of the house of delegates, in the newspapers pub-

lished.

lished in said county, and shall also be approved by a

majority of all the members elected to each house of

the general assembly at its next session after said elec-

tion.

SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That the qualified voters of

Washington county be and they are hereby authorized

to determine by ballot at the election for members of

Determine by

the house of delegates in November, eighteen hundred

ballot.

and eighty-five, whether or not the county commis-

sioners shall subscribe to the capital stock of turnpike

companies as prescribed by this act, and to that end

the qualified voters of said county are hereby em-

powered to cast a ballot at said election, which said

ballot shall have written or printed on it " For county

subscription to turnpikes," or "Against county sub-

Ballots — how

scription to turnpikes ;" and the judges of election in

prepared.

the various election districts of said county are hereby

directed to count said ballots, and certify the result of

such count to the clerk of the circuit court for Wash-

ington county as other election returns are made and

certified, and if it shall appear from said returns and

certificates that a majority of votes cast at said elec-

tion has been in favor of a subscription to the capital

stock of turnpike companies by the county, then the

county commissioners of said county shall subscribe

to the capital stock of said turnpike companies when

the requirements of this act have been complied with.

Approved April 8, 1884.