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1916] OF THE SENATE. 877
extension, and if a majority of the persons residing within
that portion; of the territory proposed by this Act to be
annexed, residing within that portion of the territory de-
scribed in said section which is embraced within the boun-
daries of Anne Arundel county shall vote in favor of city ex-
tension, ' "
"Strike out from and including the w: ords 'there is hereby, '
line 2, Section 1, page 1, to and including the words 'as fol-
lows, ' line 5, Section 1, page 1, and in lieu thereof insert the
following: 'in such case the portion of Baltimore county or
the portion of Anne Arundel county in which a majority
of the votes shall be cast for city extension shall be annexed
to and become part of Baltimore city. '"
"Add an additional section to be numbered 19 and to read
as follows:
'Section 19. And be it further enacted, That the question
whether that portion of the territory described in Section 1
of this Act, which is embraced within the boundaries of Bal-
timore county shall be annexed to and become part of the
City of Baltimore, shall be submitted to the qualified voters
of Baltimore county residing in said territory, at a special
election to be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1916, for
which election there shall be one polling place in each one. of
the existing election precincts of Baltimore county, embracing
any part of the territory described in the first section of this
Act, and all persons entitled to vote at said election shall
vote in the polling place within the election precinct in which
they are or shall be registered; the Board of Supervisors of
Elections for Baltimore county shall, at least twenty days
before the day of election, designate the location of said pol-
ling places which shall not be in any house where spirituous
or fermented liquors or lager beer are sold, and said Board
shall also appoint two judges and two clerks of election for
each polling place, who shall be residents of and voters within
that portion of the territory described in, the first section of
this Act, which is embraced within the boundaries of Balti-
more county; one of which said judges and one of the said
clerks shall be persons known to be in favor of "City Exten-
sion, " and one of which judges and the other of said clerks
shall be persons known to be against "City Extension; " the
polls at said election shall be kept open from 6 o'clock in the
morning until 7 o'clock in the evening; the ballots to be cast
at the said election shall have written or printed on them
"For the City Extension" and "Against the City Extension; "
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