ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 459

hereby authorized to borrow money in a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) and issue their bonds
for the purpose under the conditions set forth in this Act.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the Burgess and Commissioners
of Walkersville are hereby authorized to prepare an ordinance
setting out what streets within the corporate limits of Walkers-
ville are to be improved, the character of the proposed im-
provement and the approximate cost thereof, which said ordi-
nance shall be printed or typewritten and posted in at least
two conspicuous places in Walkersville, at least five days prior
to the general election to be held in Walkersville on the first
Monday of May, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, and
said Burgess and Commissioners shall submit the same, in
the manner hereinafter, provided, to the qualified voters of
Walkersville, at said general election to be held on the first
Monday of May, in the year 1920. The manner of submission
shall be as follows: On the ballot at said general election there
shall be printed the words "For Street Improvements," with
a blank square opposite at the right, and the words "Against
Street Improvements," with a blank square opposite at the
right, and all voters desiring to vote for the issue of bonds and
amendment of the Charter of Walkersville shall place a cross
(X) mark in the square opposite the words "For Street Im-
provements, '' and all voters desiring to vote against the issue
of bonds and amendment of the Charter of Walkersville shall
place a cross (X) mark opposite the words "Against Street
Improvements." If at said election more votes are cast '' For
Street Improvements" than "Against Street Improvements,"
then in that event the provisions of this Act shall immediately
go into effect, but if more or as many are cast '' Against Street
Improvements" than "For Street Improvements," then in
that event the provisions of this Act shall not become effective.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the Burgess and Commissioners
of Walkersville, in the event of the approval of such ordi-
nance, as hereinbefore provided, are hereby authorized and
empowered to do all things necessary for the issuance of such
bonds and their offering for sale under the most advantageous
conditions, are authorized and required to levy the necessary
taxes, upon the taxable property of the corporation, to provide
for the payment of the interest on said bonds, and for the
payment of the principal thereof as the same shall mature and
become payable, and are authorized to do all other things in