732 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 394

eluding legal fees, advertising, and any other incidental
expenses, may be paid therefrom.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Mayor and
City Council of Laurel be and it is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to levy each year, so long as any of
said bonds are outstanding and unpaid, an ad valorem tax
on all property subject to taxation within the Town of
Laurel, sufficient in rate and amount to pay the interest
payable in said year on all outstanding bonds and the
principal of all bonds maturing in said year, the proceeds
of said tax to be kept in a special fund and in no case to be
used for any other purpose. In case such bonds shall be
issued in any year after the making of the regular levy for
that year, then the Mayor and City Council of Laurel is
empowered, authorized and directed to pay any and all in-
terest coming due before the next levy, out of any other
funds at its disposal, and to levy at the next succeeding levy
an amount sufficient to reimburse such other funds.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council of Laurel be and it is hereby authorized and
empowered to do all things necessary to issue and sell said
bonds, to provide for the registration of the same if desired,
and to carry out the purposes of this Act, even though the
same may not be specifically mentioned herein or in the
Charter of the Town of Laurel, or in any other Aet relating
to the said Town. The amount of bonds authorized to be
issued hereunder shall be in addition to all other indebted-
ness of the Town of Laurel heretofore authorized, and shall
not be subject to any limitation in the Charter of the Town,
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