1112 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 873

shall petition the Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City
of Annapolis to hold a special election to determine whether or
not such area shall become a part of the City of Annapolis,
the said petition to set out definitely the limits of such area,
the said Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City of An-
napolis is authorized in its discretion to make provision to
determine the sense of the majority of the registered voters of
such area who vote on the question of whether or not such area
shall become a part of the City of Annapolis. The Mayor,
Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis shall con-
duct said election and bear all the expenses of the same, but
such election shall be held at some convenient place in the area
proposed to be annexed, and officials of such elections shall
be appointed from registered voters of such area, representa-
tion being given to any of such voters who may be opposed to
the proposal to annex to the City of Annapolis. If the regis-
tered voters of any area reject the proposal to annex to the
City of Annapolis, the question of annexation of any area in-
cluding any portion of such area which has been voted upon
shall not be included in any area made the subject of a deter-
mination under this law within two years from the date of the
first election unless forty per cent, of the registered voters of a
section to be voted upon so petition. If the registered voters in
any area in which the question of annexing to the City of
Annapolis is submitted under this section declare by a ma-
jority vote of those voting on said question that they wish such
area to become a part of the area included within the bound-
aries of the City of Annapolis, the Mayor, Counselor and Alder-
men of the City of Annapolis shall assume jurisdiction and
control of such area and exercise all governmental powers
vested in that body just as they are exercised over the area now
included within the limits of the City of Annapolis, and all
Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent therewith are hereby re-
pealed. In the event of any section of Anne Arundel County
becoming part of the City of Annapolis under this Section
the Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annap-
olis is authorized to include the same within any ward or
wards of the City of Annapolis, or to erect the same as a new
ward or to co-change the lines of present wards' as form new
wards of which the annexed sections are parts, and in the
event of the formation of an additional ward, the same is to be
represented by two Aldermen of the same status of the present
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis; and the Mayor, Counselor
and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis are further empowered,
in the event of any area becoming annexed to the City of
Annapolis under this Section to issue bonds, the incidents
of which shall be determined by said Mayor, Counselor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis, to the amount of not more