826 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That the Supervisors of
Elections with whom any petition shall be filed as provided in
this Act shall cause notice to be given in the manner provided
by law for giving notice of an election of the submission of said
proposition at the next election to the voters of the political
sub-division named in such petition. Publication of the submis-
sion of said proposition to the voters of such political sub-divi-
sion shall likewise be made in the manner provided by law for
the publication of the list of nominatitons to be voted for at an
election, provided that the failure of such Supervisors of Elec-
tion to cause such notice to be given or the failure to make pub-
lication of the submission of said proposition as above pro-
vided, shall not affect the validity or binding force of the vote
upon said proposition.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Supervisors of
Elections with whom any petition shall be filed as provided by
this Act shall cause the proposition, shall this county, elec-
tion district, city, town, village or ward, as the case may be, be-
come "Anti-Saloon Territory,"'to be placed on the official bal-
lots to be used in the political sub-division in which the man-
ner prescribed by section 56 of article 33 of the Code of Public
General Laws of 1904, at any election where said proposition is
submitted, the persons managing the interests of those opposed
to said proposition shall have respectively the right to designate
and keep a challenger and watcher at each election place. A
certificate signed by the presiding officer of the committee man-
aging the interest of those in favor of, or opposed to said propo-
sition shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such challenger
and watcher to be present in the polling room, such challengers
and watchers shall have the powers which are conferred upon
challengers and watchers by sections 62 and 69 of article 33 of
the Code of Public General Laws of 1904.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Supervisors of
Elections shall as soon as conveniently may be after receiving
and canvassing the results of any election at which the proposi-
tion as to whether any political sub-division shall become or
continue to be anti-saloon territory is submitted to the voters
thereof; proclaim the result of said election and publish such
proclamation in some newspaper published in the county, if the
owners of such newspapers will publish the same at current
rates of advertisements and shall record in a well bound book
to be kept in their office by them and their successors, the re-
sult 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 Election, and in