EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR,

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the town at least four weeks' public notice shall be given by
handbills posted in at least fifteen conspicuous places in the
town of an intention to submit said ordinance to the qualified
voters of the town; said notice shall set forth the ordinance
in full, and mode and manner of payment proposed, and no
ordinance for the purchase of real estate shall be of any force
or validity unless it shall receive a majority of all votes cast
at such election.

CHAP. 315

Section 241 o. The burgess and commissioners of Hancock
shall have and are hereby vested with power and authority
to grant the use of the streets, highways and alleys of the
town unto any street railway, the motive power whereof shall
be either steam or electricity, and prescribe the terms and
conditions upon which such shall be allowed.

Section 241 P. All ordinances heretofore passed by the

Vested with
certain
powers.

burgess and commissioners and now in force not in conflict
with the provisions of this sub-title of this Article are con-
tinued in force until the same are repealed or modified.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts

Continue in
force.

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed and declared null and void, and this Act
shall take effect from the day of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1906.

CHAPTER 316.

AN ACT to amend the Charter and Extend the Powers of
the South Cumberland Electric Railway Company of
Allegany County, Maryland, a corporation formed under
the General Laws of this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That in addition to the powers possessed by said com-

Eepeal.

pany by virtue of its formation under Article 23 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, the South Cumber-
land Electric Railway Company of Allegany County, Mary-
laud, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to
build, equip, maintain and operate a " trolley " electric
street railway from a point at or near the South Cumberland
Station of the Western Maryland Railroad to the city limits
of Cumberland, and thence by a convenient route to Laing

Additional
powers
granted.