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tions and on the ballot for the said first election only, shall the
said judges of election have printed thereon, "For Incor-
poration" and "Against Incorporation," which aforesaid bal-
lot shall be the official ballot and shall he numbered from one
to the highest number voted consecutively; the judges being
hereby prohibited from accepting any other ballot; and if a
majority of the said voters shall vote in favor of incorporation,
then the provisions of this Act shall take effect, and the election
thereunder shall be valid, but if a majority of the said voters
shall vote against incorporation, then this Act shall be null and
void for a period of one year, or until the said first Monday in
May, 1915, when the qualified voters may assemble and vote as
herein provided, the said appointed judges giving at least ten
days' notice of such time and place of said election, and the
election thereinunder shall be valid and this Act shall take
effect.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4th, 1914.

CHAPTER 292.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners of
Anne Arundel County to place electric lights on the road in
the Fourth Election District from Silver's store to top of
Stoney Hill on road leading from Annapolis Junction to An-
napolis.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 293.

AN ACT for the relief of William H. Green, George W. Padgett,
Robert J. Padgett and George Warfield, former Sheriffs of
Baltimore City, and for the settlement of the litigation now
pending against them by the State of Maryland.

WHEREAS, Under Chapter 300 of the Acts of 1874 the Sheriffs
of Baltimore City were allowed four dollars per day for every
day they should attend in person or by deputy the law and
criminal courts of Baltimore City, which said Act of Assembly
was repealed by the Act of 1912, Chapter 202; and,