1026 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 390
for carrying into execution the provisions of this charter or for
the good government of said town. Provided, however, that no
such ordinance or ordinances shall have any force or effect
unless and until the same shall have been submitted to the
registered voters of said town at an annual or a special election
called for that purpose and the same shall have been adopted
by a majority vote of said registered voters of said town at such
election. Any such election for the adoption or rejection of
any such ordinance or ordinances shall be conducted by the
Board of Election Supervisors in the manner provided by Sec-
tion 11 of this Act. Any such ordinance or ordinances so passed
or enacted by said Commission and so adopted by a majority
of the registered voters of said town at an election as aforesaid
shall have the force and effect of law within said town on the
tenth day (including Sundays and holidays) after said Com-
mission shall have posted a notice to that effect together with
a copy of such ordinance or ordinances in five public places in
said town. At least one notice together with a copy of such
ordinance or ordinances shall be posted in each ward and at
least one notice together with a copy of such ordinance or ordin-
ances shall be posted at the regular meeting place of said Com-
mission. And it shall be the duty of said Commission to post
such notices together with copies of any such ordinance or or-
dinances within ten days (including Sundays and holidays)
after said Commission shall have been notified in writing by the
Board of Election Supervisors of the adoption of any such
ordinance or ordinances. And it shall be the duty of said Board
of Election Supervisors to give such written notice to said Com-
mission of the adoption or rejection1 of any such ordinance or
ordinances within two days (including Sundays and holidays)
after any such ordinance or ordinances shall have been adopted
or rejected by the registered voters of said town at an election
held as aforesaid.
(B). That, upon petition of sixty per centum of the regis-
tered voters of said town who are resident taxpayers upon real
property in said town, any ordinance, consistent with law, for
the government of said town, shall be submitted by said Com-
mission, for adoption or rejection by the registered voters of
said town, within thirty (30) days (including Sundays and
holidays) after such petition shall have been filed with said
Commission at one of the regular monthly meetings of said
Commission. Provided, however (a) that such petition shall
be typewritten or printed, (b) that such petition shall set forth
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