ART. 22.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 1079

the Burgess and Commissioners aforesaid shall determine,
subject to the provisions of this Act; provided, that the date
of issue shall not be more than sixty days after the date of the
special election held as hereinafter provided. The said bonds
shall be issued in series of one thousand dollars each, to be
designated as series A, series B, series C, series D, series E,
series F, series G, series H, series I, series K, series L, series M,
series N, series O, series P, respectively, and the bonds of each
series shall be numbered No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Bond
No. 1 of series A shall fall due twelve years after the date of
its issue; bond No. 2, series A, thirteen years after the date
of its issue, and a bond in each succeeding year thereafter, in
the order as above designated. They shall be sold at public
sale to the highest bidder, but no bond shall be sold for less than
its par value. They shall be exempt from municipal and county
taxation, and shall have printed on them a reference to the
Act of Assembly authorizing their issue.

SEC. 2. And te it enacted, That a special election shall be
held in the town of Williamsport on such day as shall be de-
termined upon by the Burgess and Commissioners of Wil-
liamsport; provided, said special election be held not later
than the first day of December, 1909, at which election a vote
shall be taken by the legal and qualified voters of the said town
of Williamsport whether or not the bond issue herein 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 notice 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 notice pub-
lished in said newspaper shall state clearly the object and pur-
pose of said special election, and for the purpose 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 the election at said election shall, at the close of the polls