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or in any other Act relating thereto, either on the amount
of the bonded indebtedness of said Town or the amount of
taxes which may be levied for the payment thereof.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That before any bonds
shall be issued and sold pursuant to this Act, the question
of such issue shall first be submitted to the legally qualified
voters of the Town of Laurel at a special election on such
date, not later than December 31, 1953, as shall be de-
termined by the Mayor and City Council of said Town.
There shall be printed on the ballots to be used at said elec-
tion the title of this Act, the amount of bonds authorized
to be issued, and the purpose for which the proceeds will be
used, and below said title, on separate lines, a square or box
to the right of and opposite the words "For Bond Issuance",
and a corresponding square or box to the right of and op-
posite the words "Against Bond Issuance", so that the
voters shall be able to designate by a cross mark in the
proper square or box their respective votes for or against
said bond issue. If a majority of the votes cast shall be
"For Bond Issuance", then said bonds shall be issued and
sold, but if a majority of the votes cast shall be "Against
Bond Issuance", then said bonds shall not be issued or sold.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by 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, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1953.

CHAPTER 394
(House Bill 751)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and City
Council of Laurel, Prince George's County, to borrow an
amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars

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