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to the taxpayers of said City, listed as such at the time of such
election on the books of the Collector and Treasurer of said
City, said question to be determined by a majority of said tax-
payers voting at such election; the said election to be duly
called and held by, and under the direction of, the said munic-
ipal corporation within eight months after this act goes into
effect. And the approval hereinbefore mentioned shall be given
or withheld according to the result of said election, and, if
given, the contract for the installation of said filtration plant
shall, within one year from the date of said approval, be
awarded by the said Water Company to the lowest bidder fur-
nishing satisfactory corporate bond, said award to be made only
after public advertisement for bids for such work, and which
bids shall be publicly opened at a time and place designated in
the advertisement;. and provided, further, that such work shall
be done under the supervision of a competent engineer selected
by the said Water Company and approved by the said Mayor,
Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis. And the
said Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis
are hereby vested with full power and authority to do all things
necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act per-
taining to the said election, and to appoint and qualify the nec-
essary officials for holding said election and to designate the
place or places therefor.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts in-
consistent with the provisions of this Act be, and they are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to lie an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and the
same being passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths, of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly, shall take effect upon the date of its

Approved April 24th, 1918.