THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     901

levy for the year 1957, or any succeeding year, within said described
area of "Cresaptown Special Taxing Area or District", as created
by Chapter No. 169 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1949, such
amounts not exceeding twenty-five cents on each One Hundred Dollars
worth of assessable property in said "Cresaptown Special Taxing
Area or District", in Allegany County, Maryland, as may be requested
by the duly constituted members of the said Cresaptown Civic Im-
provement Association. Such taxes shall be collected in the same
manner as is provided by Section 1 of Chapter 169 of the Acts of
1949 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, and shall be collected
in addition to the taxes therein authorized to be levied and collected
and shall be paid over by the Board of County Commissioners unto
the said Cresaptown Civic Improvement Association, a corporation.

(b) The taxes collected under the provisions of this section shall
be used by the said Cresaptown Civic Improvement Association, a
corporation, to furnish street lights in said Cresaptown Special
Taxing Area or District".

124U. (a) The Cresaptown Civic Improvement Association, a
corporation, shall have the power and authority to provide, by con-
tract or otherwise, for street lights in said Cresaptown Special
Taxing Area or District" and to pay for said street lights out of the
taxes levied as hereinbefore provided by the said Board of County
Commissioners of Allegany County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before any tax shall be
levied under the provisions of this Act or any contract shall be
entered into on behalf of the said "Cresaptown Civic Improvement
Association", a corporation, the question of such levy shall first be
submitted to the legally qualified voters of the said "Cresaptown
Special Taxing Area or District", as set forth and defined in Section
124B of Article 1 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, at the next
general election to be held on the first Monday in April, 1956, being
A.pril 2, 1956, and which said election shall be by ballot under the
direction of the said Association and shall be between the hours of
8:00 o'clock A. M. and 6:00 o'clock P. M., on the day so set. The
said Association shall cause to be printed on the regular ballots for
use in said election in addition to the names of nominees appearing
thereon: "Special Election to provide for Street Lighting in Cresap-
town"; and underneath said words, on separate lines, a square or
box to the right of and opposite the words, "for Street Lights";
and a square or box to the right of and opposite the words, "Against
Street Lights"; so that the voters shall be able to designate by a
cross mark in the proper square or box his or her decision for or
against said street lights. If a majority of the votes cast in the
said "Cresaptown Special Taxing Area or District" shall be "for
Street Lights", then shall become effective and operative imme-
diately the provisions of this Act; but if a majority of the votes
cast shall be "Against Street Lights", then this Act shall be of no
effect and shall be null and void.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 18, 1955.