ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  673

shall be written or partly written and partly printed in words
at length, and in case a proposition of any kind has been sub-
mitted to a vote at such election, such statement shall also show
in like manner the whole number of votes cast for or against
such proposition, and at the end of such statement shall be
written a certificate that the same is correct in all respects,
which certificate and each sheet of paper forming a part of the
statement shall be subscribed by the judges and clerks. If any
judge or clerk shall decline to sign such return, he shall state
his reason therefor in writing,, and a copy thereof, signed by
himself, shall be enclosed with each return. Each one of the
statements with one of the tally sheets, signed by the judges
and clerks, shall be enclosed in an envelope, which shall be
securely sealed with sealing wax or other adhesive material,
and each of the judges and clerks shall write his name across
the fold of the envelope. One of the envelopes shall be ad-
dressed and delivered to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Talbot County, and one to the Town Clerk by the Chief Judge.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take-^
effect upon the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 253.

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the aggre-
gate amount of five million six hundred and sixty-three
thousand dollars ($5, 663, 000), the proceeds thereof to be
used for certain necessary building, construction and equip-
ment purposes of the State, and for acquiring certain land,
and providing generally for the issue and sale of certificates
of indebtedness evidencing such loan.

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