698 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tion at the next election of voters of Carroll county. Publica-
tion of the submission of said proposition to the voters of said
county shall likewise be made in the manner provided by law
for the publication of the list of nominations to be voted for at
an election; provided, that the failure of such Supervisors of
Elections to cause such notice to be given, or the failure to
make publication of the submission of said proposition as above
provided, shall not affect the validity or binding force of the
vote upon said proposition.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said Supervisors of Elec-
tions with whom such petition shall be filed, as provided by
this Act, shall cause to be placed on the official ballots to be
used in Carroll county in which said proposition is to be sub-
mitted to the vote of the people, in the manner prescribed by
section .56 of article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws of
1904, in substance as follows: For license, ; Against
license, ; and each voter shall indicate his preference by
an X mark in the square opposite either "for license" or
"against license," and the judges and clerks of the election shall
return the result of the election on said proposition to the
Supervisors of Elections with the other returns.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Supervisors of Elections
shall, as soon as conveniently as may be after receiving and
canvassing the result of the election, proclaim the result of
said election and publish such proclamation in some newspaper
published in the county, and shall record in a well-bound book,
to be kept in their office by them and their successors, the
result of the vote upon said proposition, and such result may
be proved in all courts and in all proceedings by such record
or by the official certificate of the Supervisors of Elections, and
where such a record or certificate shows that a majority of the
legal voters voting upon said proposition voted "against
license," the same shall be conclusive evidence that license to
sell intoxicating liquors shall not be thereafter issued in Car-
roll county, and if such record or certificate shows that a
majority of voters voted "for license," then licenses for the
sale of intoxicating liquors in Carroll county shall be con-
tinued to be issued.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the vote under the provisions
of this Act shall not become operative until the first day of May
next after the day of the election at which such vote is cast.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1908.