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provided by the Commissioners of Oxford at said election
there shall be printed the words, "For Water Supply Loan, "
and "Against Water Supply Loan, " with a square after said
words, in each case, for the (x) mark of the voter, and the
voter may vote thereon by an (x) mark after his choice, and
if there be a majority of votes cast in favor of said loan, then
this Act and the provisions thereof shall go into effect immedi-
ately; and if there be a majority of votes cast against said
loan, then this Act shall be null and void, except as herein-
after provided.

In the event that a majority of votes cast at the special
election as provided for in this Act shall be against said
loan, then the Commissioners of Oxford shall submit the
water supply loan herein proposed in the same manner and
under the authority of this Act at the regular municipal elec-
tion held in said town in 1928, in the same manner and method
as hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 465.

AN ACT to provide additional compensation for the judges of
the Orphans' Court for Talbot County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Judges of the Orphans'. Court for Talbot County

shall each receive, in addition to the compensation now re-
ceived, the sum of Two Dollars and Fifty Gents ($2. 50) per
day for every day's attendance upon the session of said Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,, That this Act shall take
effect January 1, 1929.

Approved April 5, 1927.