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the election for and during the terms respectively of three, two
and one year, and until their successors shall be elected and
qualified. Said Judges shall conduct such election in accor-
dance with the ordinance prescribing same, which shall require
them to make return to the Commissioners and provide for the
preservation of the ballots for a period of four months. If
notice of such election shall not be given as hereinbefore re-
quired, or if the Judges of Election shall not be appointed or
shall refuse to act five or more voters of said town may call
the election of said officers by notices set up in at least four of
the most public places in said town, not less than one week
previous to said election, therein naming the time and place
to hold such election and naming three Judges thereof, who or
any two of whom may hold such election and have the same
powers in respect thereto as the Judges appointed by the Com-
missioners.

SEC. 24 A. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the County Commissioners of Caroline County to pay
annually to the Commissioners of said town six per centum of
the taxes levied upon the property within the limits of said
corporation, provided that said town shall not receive less than
the sum of two hundred dollars, said sum shall be used for the
benefit of said town in such way as the Commissioners of said
town may elect.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners
elected on the fourth Monday of April, 1916, shall hold office
until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from June the first, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

Approved March 31st, 1916.

CHAPTER 115.

AN ACT to add a new section to article 90 of the annotated
code of public civil laws, entitled "Sureties, " to be desig-
nated as Section 8-A, for the purpose of authorizing the
State Treasurer to accept collateral surety on the bond of
any bank or trust company, acting as a depository for the
funds of the State Treasurer.