PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1041

material and quality thereof of which said connection shall be
made.

And the laying, building, opening, enlarging, regulating, pav-
ing, repairing and maintaining of any sewer, drain or gutter
shall be considered as a public improvement within the meaning
of Section 158-R of this Act.

158-O. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and Council of
Salisbury shall have power and authority to establish, own,
control, operate, maintain and manage any one or more of the
following named public utilities, to wit: a wharf for the use of
the said City; a public market; a plant or plants, a system or
systems for supplying water or light or both to and for the said
City and the inhabitants thereof. And the said The Mayor
and Council of Salisbury shall have power to provide by ordi-
nance for the establishing, owning, controlling, operating, main-
taining and managing of such public utilities of any one or
more of them, provided, however, that the provisions of Section
132 Of the Charter of Salisbury shall apply to the purchase or
sale of any such property.

The Mayor and Council of Salisbury shall have power to pur-
chase or to condemn as hereinafter provided, any property of
any description whatsoever, in fee or otherwise, for the purpose
of establishing, owning, controlling, operating, maintaining or
managing any such public utility and such purpose shall be
deemed to be a public improvement within the meaning of Sec-
tion 158-R of the Charter of Salisbury.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That three new Sections be, and
the same are hereby added to Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Wicomico County," sub-title
"Salisbury," to read as follows, that is to say:

138-A. And be it enacted, (a) It shall be the duty of the
Mayor and Council of Salisbury to provide for each City and
Primary election suitable place or places for voting suitable
ballot boxes and ballots in the form and arranged as provided in
Section fifty-five (55) of Article thirty-three (33) of the Anno-
tated Code (1912) of Maryland, except that such ballots shall
contain the name of every candidate whose nomination has been
certified to and filed according to the provisions of this Act.

(b) That no person shall be a candidate for any public office
in the government of the City of Salisbury unless such person
shall be nominated either by a primary election held as herein-