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to the highest bidder for cash, but the right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.

SEC. 4. That for the purpose of redeeming said bonds at
maturity and for the purpose of securing prompt payment of
the interest thereon, the Mayor and Council of Easton shall
levy annually upon the assessable property of the town such
sums as may be necessary to pay interest on said bonds semi-
annually, and to redeem One thousand ($1, 000) dollars of said
bonds annually beginning July 1, 1927, as aforesaid.

SEC. 5. That all provisions of the charter of Easton contrary
to the intent and purpose of this Act are hereby repealed for
the purposes of this Act, and in so far as they are inconsistent
herewith.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be-
come operative and effective from the date of its approval by
a majority of the votes of the legal voters of the town of Easton
cast thereon at an election to be held in the town of Easton
as hereinafter provided, and shall not become operative unless
so approved.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be
submitted to the legal voters of the town of Easton for their
approval or disapproval at the regular election to be held in
the town of Easton on the first Monday in May in the year
1922; a copy of this Act and notice of its submission to the
voters of Easton shall be published once a week for two weeks
prior to said election in two weekly papers published in said
town of Easton; the ballots to be voted at said election shall
have a brief reference to or explanation of this Act printed
thereon and under the same shall be provided two lines in which
the voters may mark their approval or disapproval by a cross-
mark in the square opposite the line desired, viz:

For improvement loan of 1922
Against improvement loan of 1922

If at such election a majority of the voters who vote upon
aid Act shall vote for the same then it shall at once go into
effect; but if a majority of said voters vote against the same
then it shall not go into effect or become operative.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-