THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 103

bonds pursuant to the authority hereof, the City shall, by
appropriate resolution, submit to a referendum of the
qualified voters of the City, the question whether or not
the authority hereby conferred shall be exercised. For the
purpose of submitting said question, the City is hereby
empowered to order a special election at such time and
place, within the corporate limits of Ocean City, Maryland,
as said City by resolution may determine. Public notice
of said special election shall be given by publication in at
least one weekly newspaper published in Worcester County,
Maryland, and each of two (2) successive weeks at least
ten (10) days prior to the date of such special election,
and by such other notice as the said City by such resolu-
tion may determine. The method of selecting judges of
election, the hours during which voting shall be permitted,
the qualification of voters and the returns from said elec-
tion shall be in accordance with existing law governing
the conduct of municipal elections in Ocean City. The
notice of said referendum shall clearly state that the voters
are being called upon to determine whether or not the
City shall exercise the authority conferred by this Act to
incur indebtedness and issue bonds for the purposes here-
inaboye described. The City shall have available for
examination by interested voters at some appropriate place
printed copies of this act at the time of the first publication
of said notice and until said referendum is held. The
ballots used for said referendum shall have printed
thereon, on separate lines, the following: "For $75, 000. 00
bond issue for extension of municipal water mains, im-
provements to the municipal water system, improvements
to the municipal sewerage disposal plant, and erection of
a public rest room", and "Against $75, 000. 00 bond issue
for extensions of municipal water mains, improvements to
the municipal water system, improvements to the muni-
cipal sewerage disposal plant, and erection of a public
rest room", and after such line there shall be a space or
box in which the voters may indicate their respective
preferences. If a majority of the votes properly cast by
duly qualified voters at such referendum shall be for the
issuance of said bonds, then the City may proceed forth-
with to exercise the authority hereby conferred, but if a
majority of said votes so cast shall be against the bond
issue, then the authority hereby conferred shall be void
and of no effect and shall not be exercised by the City,
provided, however, that in the event of unfavorable action
by the voters on said referendum, the City may, if it so
elects, resubmit said question to one additional referendum
at the next regular municipal election in Ocean City, under