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cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square below the | | word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted | | and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns | | made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for | | members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the returns | | and, if a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this | | Act, the Governor shall proclaim the result without delay, and this | | Act becomes effective 30 days after the date of the proclamation. |
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| | | The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, | | town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this Act | | necessary to carry out the purpose of this referendum. |
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| | | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of | | $17,250,000, will be used for the following purposes: |
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| | | 1. $8,000,000 to construct water pollution control | | facilities, providing the state match for $12,500,000 in federal | | funds; |
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| | | 2. $1,250,000 to close and clean up municipal solid waste | | landfills; |
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| | | 3. $3,000,000 to address environmental health deficiencies in | | public water supplies, providing the state match for $15,000,000 | | in federal funds; and |
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| | | 4. $5,000,000 to construct new or retrofit existing pollution | | control structures on Maine farms to protect the environment. |
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