786 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 466

Provided, however, that before the said Mayor and City
Council shall proceed to erect or purchase any plant for the
supplying of gas, water or electricity to the city or its in-
habitants, and before authorizing the construction of any gen-
eral system or systems of sewers, they shall first submit said
proposition or propositions to the legally qualified voters of
said city at a special or general election to be held after at
least twenty days' previous notice thereof. And if at said
election a majority of said voters shall approve any such
proposition or propositions, the said Mayor and City Council
shall thereupon proceed to carry the same into effect. But if
a majority of said voters shall disapprove of any such proposi-
tion or propositions, then said Mayor and City Council shall
abandon the same. And no such proposition shall again be
submitted to the popular vote until at least six months have
elapsed from the date of the election at which said proposition
was disapproved.

No use shall be made of the streets of said city by any
individual or corporation for the purpose of a railroad, tram-
way, telegraph line, telephone line, electric light or power
lines, electric subways or gas or water conduits or pipe lines,
without the consent of the Mayor and City Council, and sub-
ject to such franchise tax and regulations as they may by
ordinance prescribe.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 465.

AN ACT authorizing and requesting the State Roads Commis-
sion to place a concrete surface each year not less than
three (3) miles of the State road in Calvert County be-
tween the boundary line of said county and Anne Arundel
County and Solomon's Island until the entire road shall
have been thus improved.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 466.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the State Roads Commis-
sion to construct 2 miles of State road from Ashton to-
wards Brighton and to provide that the first money raised