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effect, but if a majority of the votes cast upon said question
shall be ": Against the Amendment of charter, " then this Act
shall be void and of no effect.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health or safety, and being
passed upon yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all
the members elected to each of the two houses of the Joint As-
sembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 27th, 1922.

CHAPTER 89.

AN ACT to provide for the issuing of bonds by the Mayor and
Common Council of Mt. Rainier for. the purpose of enlarg-
ing and extending the present sewer and water system and
for obtaining an increased water supply for the citizens of
Mt. Rainier, Maryland, and providing for a special tax for
payment of interest and creating a sinking fund to retire
said bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That for the purpose of furnishing the inhabitants of
the town of Mt. Rainier, in Prince George's County, with an
increased and enlarged water supply and an extension of its
sewer system, the Mayor and Common Council of Mt. Rainier
is hereby authorized and empowered to issue on the faith and
credit of said town, serial bonds of said town, to an amount
not exceeding forty thousand dollars, which said bonds shall
be signed by the Mayor and the Town Clerk and Treasurer of

said town, and attested by the corporate seal thereof, and be
denominated "Mt. Rainier Water and Sewer Extension Bonds, "
and bear interest at the rate of not exceeding five and one-
half per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, to be issued
in denominations of one thousand dollars, and to be payable at a
time not exceeding forty years after their date. The bonds
issued hereunder shall be the direct obligation of the Mayor
and Common Council of Mt. Rainier, and the said corporation
shall be responsible therefor.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the Mayor and
Common Council of Mt. Rainier is hereby authorized and em-