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If it shall appear from the returns of the said election that
the majority of the votes cast on said question were "For
Electric Light Bond Issue" the Mayor shall give notice of
such result in both newspapers published in said Snow Hill
in the issue following the said election; hut in no event shall
the Mayor and City Council buy said Electric Light Plant at
a price greater than the value thereof as appraised by one
representative of the town appointed by the Mayor and City
Council and one representative of the owner of the existing
plant selected by said owner with a third person as referee,
selected by said representative in case of their disagreement,
and if for any reason the appraisement is not so made and
the public notice of the amount thereof given as hereinbefore
provided, the question of the bond issue shall not be sub-
mitted to vote and this entire Act shall be null and void.

SEC. 8A. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act
contained is intended or shall be taken or construed as re-
lieving the Mayor and City Council of Snow Hill from any
and all provisions of Chapter 180 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, of 1910, known as the Public Service
Commission Law, or any amendment thereto.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted as aforesaid, That this
Act is hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public safety and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 23, 1920.

CHAPTER 492.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
161-A and 161-A2 of Article 22 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Washington County,"
sub-title, "Hagerstown."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 161-A of Article 22 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Washington
County," sub-title, "Hagerstown," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as
follovv.s: