364 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 153

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council shall have full power to control and protect public
grounds owned by the town of Brentwood, whether within the
corporate limits or outside of said town.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That no ordinance
passed by the Mayor and Town Council shall go into effect until
after the expiration of thirty days after its passage, unless
otherwise provided by the laws of this State. If within thirty
days from the date of its passage a petition protesting against
it signed by one-half as many voters as voted at the last general
election shall be filed with the Town Clerk, such ordinance
shall be suspended, and the Mayor and Town Council shall
reconsider it, and if it be not repealed the Mayor and Town
Council shall submit it to a vote of the duly qualified voters
of said town at the next election, provided, however, that if
the next election shall occur more than ninety days there-
after, the Mayor and Town Council shall call a special election
for the purpose of deciding whether such proposed ordinance
shall or shall not become a law, and the same shall become
operative or repealed by a majority of the votes east at this
election.

SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That this Charter shall
not become effective unless it shall be submitted to the quali-
fied voters living within the prescribed limits of said town
of Brentwood as set forth in Section 2 of this Act, and ac-
cepted by a majority of said voters at an election held for this
purpose on the 12th day of June, 1922. Provided, further,
that said election shall be held on said date at such polling
place as shall be provided in accordance with Section 22 of
this Act, between the hours of one and seven P. M., and the
manner of submission shall be that on the ballots at this elec-
tion shall be printed the words "For Incorporation, " with a
blank square opposite at the right and the words "Against In-
corporation, " with a blank square opposite at the right, and
all qualified voters desiring to vote for the provisions of this
Act shall place a cross mark (X) in the square opposite the
words "For Incorporation, " and all qualified voters desiring
to vote against the provisions of this Act shall put a cross mark
(X) opposite the words "Against Incorporation. "

If at such election a greater number of persons shall vote
"For Incorporation" than shall vote "Against Incorporation, "
then the provisions of the foregoing sections shall become op-
erative.