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1218 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 502
SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Caroline County, before issuing any
bonds under this Act, or before participating in the "Gen-
eral Public School Construction Loan of 1949" shall submit
to the voters of the County the question whether or not
said bonds shall be issued or loan negotiated. Said
question shall be submitted to the voters of Caroline
County at a special election to be held not later than
May 30, 1949, the exact date and the hours of said
election to be fixed by the County Commissioners of Caro-
line County, and notice to be given to the voters of the date
and hours of such election by advertisement inserted in
some newspaper printed and published in Caroline County
for not less than two (2) consecutive weekly issues of such
paper immediately preceding the date of the election, and
by such other notice as the County Commissioners may
deem necessary or appropriate; all registered voters in
Caroline County at the date of the passage of this Act shall
be eligible to vote at such special election; upon the ballots
to be used at said election there shall be printed the words:
FOR SCHOOL LOAN ISSUE
AGAINST SCHOOL LOAN ISSUE
and if a majority of the votes cast upon said question shall
be for the school loan issue, then the County Commis-
sioners shall issue the bonds or negotiate the loan as the
case may be, but if a majority of the votes cast upon said
question shall be against the school loan issue, said bonds
shall not be issued nor said loan negotiated.
SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety, and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths (3/5) of all of 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 29, 1949.
CHAPTER 502
(Senate Bill 518)
AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the
aggregate amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20, 000, -
000), the proceeds thereof to be used to supplement the
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