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CHAPTER 282.
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AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of Oxford,
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in Talbot county, to convey to the Board of County
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School Commissioners of Talbot county, a portion
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of a vacant public lot in the Town of Oxford, for
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the purpose of erecting thereon a public school
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house.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That the Commissioners of Oxford, or a
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Authorized to
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majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized to
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convey
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convey to the Board of County School Commissioners
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of Talbot county, in fee simple, a portion of a public
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lot known as "Market Place," belonging to the
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Town of Oxford, said portion to be so deeded and
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conveyed to front not less than sixty-six feet on
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Morris street and running back the entire length of
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said public lot, and to contain not less than one-half
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acre of land, for the purpose of erecting thereon a
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Proviso.
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public school house; provided that the said Com-
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missioners of Oxford, before conveying said lot, shall
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first submit the question of the propriety of so doing
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to the voters of said town, legally qualified to vote
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for Commissioners of the Town of Oxford, at an
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election provided for in section two of this act.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners
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Authorized to
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of the Town of Oxford are hereby authorized to hold
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hold special
election.
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a special election after giving twenty days' public
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notice thereof, priof to holding such election, which
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election shall be held in the way and manner as
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elections for commissioners for said town are held,
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and that ballots for and against such conveyance
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shall have printed or written on them the words "for
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disposing of lot," or "against disposing of lot," and
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the ballots so cast shall be carefully counted by the
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