98 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [ CH. 47

special election to be held in said city and to be called under
the provisions of this Act, in the same manner as hereinbefore
provided, and after the Mayor and Council shall have been
petitioned so to do by the Sewerage Commission of Hagers-
town, and if at said special election a greater number of quali-
fied voters shall vote "Against issuing bonds for additional
funds to complete the Sewerage System" than "For issuing
bonds for additional funds to complete the Sewerage System"
then in that event and upon an order by the State Board of
Health of Maryland to the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown
ordering a second special election the said second special elec-
tion shall be called by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown
upon the question of issuing bonds to complete the sewerage
system of Hagerstown as provided by this Act, the second
special election shall be held in the same manner, form and
proceedings as said first special election, and upon and under
all the requirements and provisions of this Act. and if at said
second special election so ordered a greater number of voters
shall vote "For issuing bonds for additional funds to com-
plete the Sewerage System" than shall vote "Against issu-
ing bonds for additional funds to complete the Sewerage Sys-
tem" then this Act shall immediately go into effect, but in
case a greater number of persons at the said second special
election held under the provisions of this Act shall vote
"Against issuing bonds for additional funds to complete the
Sewerage System" than "For issuing bonds for additional
funds to complete the Sewerage System" then and in that
event this Act shall be null and void. All provisions of the
Charter of Hagerstown in relation to elections in said city
are hereby made applicable to said elections under the pro-
visions of this Act as fully as if they were incorporated
herein, except as they may be contradicted by or repugnant to
the provisions of this Act, and except further that it shall not
be necessary, before holding any such election as herein pro-
vided, to have any registration of voter's or any revision of the
poll books of the City of Hagerstown.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage, it being hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety.

Approved March 9, 1920.