WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR 405

such municipal election, shall be given by publication in at
least one weekly newspaper published in Worcester County,
Maryland, in each of two successive weeks at least ten days
prior to the date of such election, and by such other notice
as the said City by such resolution may determine. The
method of selecting Judges of any such election, the hours
during which voting shall be permitted, the qualification of
voters and the returns from such election shall be in ac-
cordance with existing law governing the conduct of muni-
cipal elections in said town of Snow Hill. The notice of
each of such referendum shall clearly state that the voters
are being called upon to determine whether or not the City
shall exercise the authority conferred by this Act to incur
indebtedness and to issue its note or notes, certificate or
certificates of indebtedness, for the purposes hereinabove
described. The City shall have available for examination
by interested voters at some appropriate place printed copies
of this Act at the time of the first publication of said notice
and until each such referendum is held. The ballots used
at each such referendum shall have printed thereon, on
separate lines, the following: "For borrowing
dollars for extensions of and improvements to the municipal
water system and other public improvements .....", and
"Against borrowing dollars for extensions of
and improvements to the municipal water system and other
public improvements ..... ", the amount of the proposed
borrowing to be inserted in said lines at each such referen-
dum, and after each such line there shall be a space or box
in which the voters may indicate their respective preferences.
If a majority of the votes properly cast by qualified voters
at each such referendum shall be for the borrowing being
voted upon at such referendum, then the City may proceed
forthwith to exercise the authority hereby conferred, but if
a majority of said votes so cast shall be against the particular
borrowing then submittel to referendum, then the authority
hereby conferred shall be void and of no effect and shall
not be exercised by the City; provided, however, that in the
event of unfavorable action by the voters at any such referen-
dum, the City may, if it so elect, by appropriate resolu-
tion, resubmit said question to one additional referendum
at the next regular municipal election in Snow Hill, under
the same terms and conditions as prescribed for the pre-
ceding election at which said question was presented.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted as aforesaid, That in the
event either of the referenda herein provided for shall be
favorable to the exercise of the authority hereby conferred
with respect to the amount of the borrowing which has thus