JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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appear on a due canvass of all the votes cast at said election
that not less than a majority of them have been cast in favor
of the proposed amendment or amendments, then the Mayor
and Common Council shall, without unnecessary delay, pre-
sent the same to the General Assembly for enactment into

CHAP. 63i.

law

SEC. 36. That in all cases where any municipal work of
whatever character is to be done within the corporate limits
of Hyattsville, the estimated cost of which shall exceed $200,
the Mayor and Common Council shall invite proposals for
said work by advertisement for two weeks in some newspaper
printed in Hyattsville, at such reasonable compensation as the
Mayor and Common Council shall determine, and the said
Mayor and Common Council shall, in all cases, award the con-
tract for such work to the lowest responsible bidder therefor,
reserving at all times the right to reject any and all bids
received.

Advertise for
proposals of
work.

SEC. 37. No public franchise of any kind shall be leased or
alienated except pursuant to a vote of the voters of the town
had after ten days' notice and upon such regulations as the
Mayor and Common Council shall prescribe.

How
franchise
shall
be leased.

SEC. 38. The Mayor and Common Council shall have and
exercise all powers heretofore granted to the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Hyattsville by an Act of the General Assembly,
not hereby expressly repealed, and shall assume and be liable
for all obligations assumed by the Mayor and Common Council
of Hyattsville, or heretofore imposed by any Act of the Gen-
eral Assembly, not expressly repealed by this Act; and all
officers of said town shall, until the election or appointment
and qualification of their successors, continue in office with the
same powers and duties as heretofore; and all ordinances now
. in force, or which may be passed by the present Mayor and
Common Council, before the election and qualification of their
successors, shall be as effective as if this Act had not passed.
SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect immediately on its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

Certain
powers
granted.