PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1687

of Hagerstown, as sct forth in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this
Act, and submitted as aforesaid to the voters of the City of
Hagerstown for their approval or disapproval, and shall be
and become effective and fully binding and operative as part
of the Charter of the City of Hagerstown, from and after the
fourth Monday of March, Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, and
not before, and the Mayor and Councilmen than in office and
all other officers, elected or appointed under the provisions of
the now existing Charter of Hagerstown, to remain in office and
discharge the duties appertaining to their respective offices as
prescribed by the provisions of the now existing Charter of
Hagerstown until the qualification of the Mayor and Council-
men elected on the first Monday of May, Nineteen Hundred
and Fifteen, under the provisions of this Act.

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

Approved April 16th, 1914.

CHAPTER 851.

AN ACT to enable the registered and qualified voters of St.
Mary's County to determine by ballot whether or not spiritu-
ous, fermented or malt liquors shall be sold in said County,
and to repeal Section 5, Chapter 493 of the Acts of 1912.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the question whether or not any person or persons,
house or company, association or body corporate, may be licensed
in St. Mary's County of this State, by which or in which spiri-
tuous, fermented or malt liquors or intoxicating drinks may be
sold; or whether or not licenses to sell the same in said County
shall be issued, shall be submitted to the registered and qualified
voters of St. Mary's County on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in August, nineteen hundred and fifteen, at the election
to be held therein, and the Supervisors of Election of said
County, shall, at least, three weeks previous to the day of said
election cause public notice to be given of the submission of
said question by publication of said notice in two papers of said
County; also by printed hand bills containing said notice to
be posted at the most public places within each election district
of said County. And the County Commissioners of said County
shall pay for the publishing of said notice and for printing of
said hand bills in the same manner and ont of the same funds