404 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 139

Mount Rainier Volunteer Fire Department for the exclusive
use in its maintenance, operation, care and purchase of
equipment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor and Common Council of Mount
Rainier, Maryland, a municipal corporation, be and it is here-
by authorized and empowered to levy and collect annually
a special assessment of not to exceed ten cents on a hundred
dollars, according to the assessed valuation appearing on the
books of the treasurer of said town, on all real and personal
property situated in the town of Mount Rainier, in Prince
George's County, Maryland, the money derived from said
special assessment to be paid to the Mount Rainier Volunteer
Fire Department as long as it provides adequate fire protection
to the residents and property within the corporate limits of
the town of Mount Rainier, said money to be used by the
said Mount Rainier Volunteer Fire Department for the ex-
clusive use in its maintenance, operation, care and purchase
of equipment, a detailed statement of the expenditures of such
money to be submitted to the Mayor and Common Council of
Mount Rainier by the Mount Rainier Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment in the months of January and July of each year.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council of Mount Rainier are hereby authorized and
empowered to collect the special assessment provided for in
Section 1 hereof in the same manner provided in the charter
of the town of Mount Rainier for the collection of taxes on
real and personal property.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That before this Act
shall become effective, the Mayor and Common Council of
Mount Rainier shall submit the question of a special assess-
ment to provide money for the maintenance, operation and
care of the Mount Rainier Volunteer Fire Department to the
qualified voters of said town at an election to be held in said
town as hereinafter provided.

The date of said election shall be fixed by the Mayor and
Common Council and notice thereof shall be given by adver-
tisement in some newspaper published in the town of Mount
Rainier, and if there be no such paper or if the charges of
such paper for said advertisement shall be in excess of the
standard rates heretofore adopted by the newspaper editors of