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to the Treasurer of Talbot County or such other official of the County
designated to receive such payment in a resolution passed by the
Board of County Commissioners of Talbot County before such
delivery.

In addition to making provision for the above-described terms and
conditions of any group or series of bonds issued hereunder, the
County shall likewise fix the terms and conditions of the public sale
of such group or series of bonds and shall adopt a suitable form of
notice of sale, which shall briefly outline said terms and conditions
in accordance with the provisions hereof by an appropriate reso-
lution. Said notice shall be published in one or more daily or weekly
newspapers having a general circulation in the County, and may
also be published in one or more journals having a circulation pri-
marily among banks and investment bankers. At least one publica-
tion of the notice of sale shall be made not less than ten (10) days
before the sale of said bonds. Said notice shall offer said bonds to
the highest bidder or bidders therefor, and shall state how said
highest bidder or bidders will be determined. Said notice of sale
shall specify the date, place and hour at which bids for said bonds
will be received and opened and the bonds awarded. It shall also
specify that each bid shall be made in writing by a sealed proposal
and shall be accompanied by a good faith deposit in a fixed or deter-
minable amount as security for compliance by the bidder with his
bid. Said notice shall refer to this Act as authority for the bonds
and shall state the date of issue of the bonds offered, the total aggre-
gate par amount thereof, the schedule of maturities thereof, the
interest payable thereon, or the method of determining the same,
the purpose to which the proceeds thereof will be devoted, and the
general form thereof, including a statement whether said bonds will
be redeemable, will be in coupon or registered form, and whether
the same will be registrable as to principal, or as to both principal
and interest. Each such notice of sale shall also contain a brief
summary of the current financial condition of the County or shall
indicate where such a statement may be obtained and, finally, shall
reserve unto the County the right to reject any or all bids received.
In lieu of publishing said entire notice of sale, the County may, if it
shall so elect in said resolution, publish a brief summary of said notice
which need not contain all the information required for said notice
of sale but which shall state where interested parties may obtain a
complete copy thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved by the Governor, December 18, 1969.

CHAPTER 19
(House Bill 17)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of
Chapter 565 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland