ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 433

notice of said special election shall be given by advertisement
published in at least one newspaper published in Annapolis,
Maryland, at least once in each of three successive weeks, the
first insertion being at least twenty days prior to said elec-
tion, and by such other notice as said Mayor, Counsellor and
Aldermen may deem appropriate, said notice setting forth
the time, place and purpose of said election; and no bonds
shall be issued hereunder unless at said regular or special
election a majority of the legally qualified voters of said
City of Annapolis, voting on the question, shall vote in favor
of the bond issue. The ballots to be used at said election
shall contain the words "Por issue of $250, 000. 00 of City of
Annapolis Water Improvement Bonds of 1927" and "Against
issue of $250, 000. 00 of City of Annapolis, Water Improve-
ment Bonds of 1927. "

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the event of
the approval of said issue of bonds by the legally qualified
voters of the City of Annapolis, as herein provided, then, be-
fore proceeding to sell the same, the said Mayor, Counsellor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis shall advertise at least
once a week for three successive weeks in one newspaper pub-
lished in the City of Annapolis, Maryland, and at least once
a week for three successive weeks in one newspaper published
in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and by such other ad-
vertisement as they shall think proper, that they will be in
readiness, at a time and place to be named in said advertise-
ment, within fifteen days after the third publication thereof
in said newspapers, to receive sealed bids for the bonds de-
scribed in said advertisement, under such regulations as they
may by their order prescribe. Upon the day mentioned in
said advertisement for opening the bids for said bonds as
described therein, the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen of
the City of Annapolis shall receive bids for the purchase of
said bonds, and on opening said bids in public the bonds so
bid for shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder or
bidders therefor for cash, if the prices are adequate in the
judgment of the said Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen of
the City of Annapolis, and when two or more bidders have
made the same bid and such bid is the highest and for the
whole amount of the bonds so offered for sale, or, taken to-
gether, in excess of the said whole amount, such bonds shall
be awarded to such highest responsible bidders bidding the
same price, in a ratable proportion; and if any of said bonds