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select, to create a sinking fund for the redemption of the said
bonds.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said bonds shall be sold
by the Burgess and Commissioners of Emmitsburg at not less
than their face value for cash, after giving at least three weeks'
notice by advertisement in one or more newspapers published
in Frederick county.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That at a municipal election to be
held in Emmitsburg at such time and place as may be fixed by
an ordinance of said Burgess and Commissioners of Emmits-
burg, the qualified voters of Emmitsburg, shall determine by
ballot whether the said bonds hereinbefore provided for shall
be issued or not, at which said election there may be written or
printed on the ballots of said voters the words, "For Issue of
Bonds," or "Against Issue of Bonds," and if a majority of the
ballots cast shall contain the words, "For Issue of Bonds,"
then this Act shall become operative and binding, but if a
majority of said ballots shall contain the words, "Against Issue
of Bonds," then this Act shall be void and of no effect, and the
judge of said municipal election shall return to the Burgess of
Emmitsburg the number of ballots cast "For Issue of Bonds,"
and "Against Issue of Bonds," respectively, and the said Bur-
gess shall announce the result thereof to the Board of Commis-
sioners of Emmitsburg, who shall also canvass the vote and
verify the same

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

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 339.

AN ACT to repeal section 145 of article 11 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws, title "Frederick County," sub-title "Fish,"
and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 145 of article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title "Frederick County," sub-title "Fish," be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as
to read as follows:

145. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, capture or
destroy fish by seine, drag nets, fish baskets or fish pots, eel
weirs, brush or fascine nets, or any means or contrivance what-
ever of the nature of a seine which are known to destroy or