EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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provided for shall be made, which said special election shall
be held under the provisions of law now governing elections
in said town; provided, however, that notices of said special
election shall be printed in one newspaper published in the
town of Williamsport for at least twenty days prior to the
date of said special election, and that notices shall be posted
in at least ten public places in said town of Williamsport,
giving notice of the said election. The notices posted and

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notices published in said newspaper shall state clearly the
object and purpose of said special election; and for the pur-
pose of taking said vote at said election there shall be
printed on the ballot to be used at said election in one
column the words "For the Bond Issue," and in another
column the words "Against the Bond Issue," and if a
majority of the legally qualified voters shall vote in favor
of said bond issue, then the said Burgess and Commissioners
shall issue said bonds, and provide for the supplementing,
enlarging and increasing of and adding to the said electric
light plant and system now owned and operated by the said
town; but if the majority of the legally qualified voters of
the said town shall vote against the issue of said bonds,
then this Act shall be null and void. The judges of election
at said election shall at the close of the polls on said elec-
tion day count up the votes and make a certificate of the
same in the usual form and forward the said certificate and
return the ballots to the clerk of the court for said Wash-
ington county, and upon receipt by said clerk of the said
certificate and ballots, he shall make proclamation of the
result by publication in one or more newspapers (not exceed-
ing two), published in said Washington county, one of which
shall be published in Williamsport, Maryland.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That if the result of said election

Notices posted

shall be in favor of the bond issue, then all proceeds from
the sale of the said bonds be turned over to the treasurer of
the board of supervisors holding office under the provisions
of Chapter 27 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at its January Session, A. D. 1898, entitled,
an Act to authorize and empower the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, to
borrow money on the credit of the said town for the purpose
of constructing water works and electric light, heat and
power plant, or either of them, in said town, and to issue
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Bonds to be
turned over
to treasurer
or the board
of super-
visors.