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pointive officers who are not residents of the town of Easton
at the time of their appointment or qualification, shall become
and remain residents during their incumbency of the office to
which they shall have been appointed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 20th, 1914.

CHAPTER 141.

AN ACT to repeal Section 97-H of Article 21 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Talbot County," sub-
title "Easton," as passed by the General Assembly of Mary-
land at the January Session of 1906, Chapter 458, as amended
by Chapter 23 of the Acts of 1908, and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 97-H of Article 21 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Talbot County," sub-title "Eas-
ton," as passed by the General Assembly of Maryland at the
January Session of 1906, Chapter 458, as amended by Chapter
23 of the Acts of 1908, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

97-H. Whenever the Mayor and Council of Easton shall
determine to reconstruct the streets of the town, or purchase or
erect any gas plant, electric light, water plant or system or
sewers for the town, they shall first submit the proposition
to the legally qualified voters of the town at either a general
or special election; provided, that the ordinance authorizing
the issue of bonds for the proposed public work or improvement
shall be published in one or more newspapers printed in the
town of Easton once a week, in each of four successive weeks,
and the last insertion shall be at least ten days prior to the day
of election at which the proposition is to be submitted. If a
majority of the said voters who vote for and against the propo-
sition submitted shall approve the same by voting for it, then
the said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and empow-
ered to borrow on the faith and credit of the town a sum of
money necessary for such purchase, improvement or construc-
tion, and to issue bonds of the town therefor, and said bonds
shall be issued in manner and form as provided for by Chapter
458 of the Acts of 1906 as amended by Chapter 406 of the
Acts of 1912, provided, that the total bonded and floating in-