J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      489

1963, Ch. 417—Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County

Executive Department

Annapolis, Maryland

Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland

To the Clerk of the Court of Appeals:

I, Lloyd L. Simpkins, Secretary of State of Maryland,
pursuant to the direction contained in Section 172 of Article 33 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), Do Hereby Certify,
That at a Special Election held in the Town of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Maryland, on July 15, 1963, an Act known as Chapter
417 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1963, was
submitted to the voters of the Town of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Maryland, for their adoption or rejection under the
provisions of Charter 417 of the Acts of 1963, said Act being as
follows:

"An Act to authorize and empower the Town Commissioners of
Upper Marlboro, a municipal corporation in Prince George's
County, Maryland, from time to time to borrow, not exceeding
ninety three thousand ($93,000.00) dollars, in order to finance
the construction, installation, acquisition, improvement or
extension of the water system, sanitary and storm sewers in
said Town as herein defined and to effect such borrowing by
the issuance and sale to the highest bidder or bidders at
public sale of its general obligation, negotiable interest bear-
ing coupon bonds in principal amount not to exceed ninety
three thousand ($93,000.00) dollars, and, empowering said
Town Commissioners to fix and determine by resolution the
form, tenor, interest rate or method of arriving at the same,
terms, including redemption and registration provisions,
conditions, maturities and all other details, incident or neces-
sary to the issuance, public sale and delivery of said bonds,
without reference to any other law heretofore enacted, pre-
scribing the method and manner of selling said bonds at public
sale; empowering said Town Commissioners subject to certain
limitations to sell said bonds at above or below the par value
thereof; empowering said Town Commissioners to refund any
of said bonds purchased or redeem in advance of maturity;
empowering and directing said Town Commissioners to apply
to the payment of principal and interest on said bonds and said
refunding bonds any funds received from the State of Mary-
land and the United States of America, which may be prop-
erly allocable to said purpose. Empowering and directing
said Town Commissioners to contract, to levy and to levy,
impose and collect annually ad valorem taxes, which in addi-
tion to the State and Federal allotments, if any, will provide
funds sufficient for the payment of said maturing principal
and interest; exempting said bonds and said refunding bonds
and the interest thereon from all State, County and municipal
taxation in the State of Maryland, authorizing the acquiring
of the necessary property real and personal, either by pur-