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call the said special election any time within four years after
the passage of this Act, but if the Mayor and Council shall
fail to call the said election within the said four years the
power hereby conferred upon them to call the said election and
issue and sell said bonds in conformity to the decision of the
voters at said election shall cease, and no bonds shall be issued
in virtue of the decision of the voters at any election called
after the said four years have expired.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 25, 1908.

CHAPTER 270.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of
Pocomoke City, in Worcester county, to issue and sell coupon
bonds of the said town not to exceed the amount of twelve
thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying off the present
floating debt of the said town and improving and extending
the public sewers and water mains of said town, and to
provide for the levy and a collection of a special tax to pay
the interest and principal of said bonds when due.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That in addition to the several issues of town bonds of
Pocomoke City heretofore issued under authority of law, the
Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to issue coupon bonds of the said
town of Pocomoke City and upon the faith and credit of the
said town, not to exceed the amount of twelve thousand dol-
lars, payable thirty years after date, and to bear interest from
date until paid at the rate of five per centum per annum, paya-
ble semi-annually on the first days of April and October of
each year, according to the tenor of coupons to be attached
to each bond.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall be issued
in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars and
not more than one thousand dollars each, in the discretion of
the Mayor and Council, and the bonds shall be numbered con-
secutively, and to each bond the corporate seal of said town
shall be affixed, attested by the signatures of the Mayor and
the town treasurer of said town, and to each bond shall be