THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1657

in any fiscal year the taxes hereby required to be levied
may be reduced proportionately.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That such bonds
shall not be subject to the provisions of Sections 34, 35 and
36 of Article 31 of the Code of Public General Laws of
the State of Maryland (1939 Edition) and. any Acts amen-
datory thereof or supplementary thereto; and the author-
ity hereby granted with respect to the issue of such bonds,
the form and amount thereof and the interest thereon, as
well as any of the terms, conditions and provisions thereof
are specifically exempted from the provisions of Section
417 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of the
State of Maryland (1930 Edition), and the Acts amenda-
tory thereof or supplementary thereto.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if any provi-
sion of this Act or the application of such provision to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder
of this Act and the application of such provisions to other
persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby;
and that all laws and parts of laws, whether general or
public local laws, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act be and the same are hereby repealed or amended to
the extent of any such inconsistency.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That in the event
the proceeds from the taxes so levied as hereinbefore pro-
vided in any fiscal year to meet the interest and principal
of all bonds maturing in such fiscal year shall prove inade-
quate for the purposes aforesaid, additional taxes shall be
levied in the succeeding fiscal year to make up such
deficiency.

SEC. 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT
BEFORE THIS ACT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE,
THE QUESTION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF TANEY-
TOWN. SUCH QUESTION SHALL BE SUBMITTED
AT ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD IN SAID TOWN ON A DATE TO BE SPECI-
FIED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
TANEYTOWN, AND SAID MAYOR AND CITY COUN-
CIL ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO
ORDER THE HOLDING OF AND TO CONDUCT A
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH
REFERENDUM. AT SUCH REFERENDUM THERE
SHALL BE PLACED ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT OR
ON THE VOTING MACHINES, IF SUCH ARE USED,