190                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 61

being Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Cecil County" subtitle "County Commissioners," as last
amended by Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1968; to increase the total
amount of money appropriated by the County Commissioners
of Cecil County to the several fire companies within the county
effective July 1, 1970, to provide for the distribution of this addi-
tional money, to continue the existing appropriations for the fiscal
year 1969-1970, and to make other changes in the law relating to
volunteer fire companies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 118 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Cecil County
(1961 Edition, being Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Cecil County," subtitle "County .Commissioners,"
as last amended by Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1968, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments to read as follows:

118.

Effective July 1, 1970, [The] the County Commissioners of Cecil
County are hereby directed to levy on the assessable property in
Cecil County, annually the sum [of Thirty-six Thousand Six Hun-
dred Dollars ($36,600.00)] equivalent to five cents ($.05) per
hundred dollars of assessed valuation of taxable property within the
county for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance and opera-
tion of nine volunteer fire companies in Cecil County [, in the
following amounts ;]. Of this sum Thirty-six Thousand Six Hundred
Dollars ($36,600.00) shall be allocated among the nine volunteer fire
companies in the amounts listed below. The amount remaining after
deducting the Thirty-six Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($36,600.00)
shall be allocated among the nine volunteer fire companies in the
exact proportion which the assessed valuation of taxable property
within the district served by each volunteer fire company bears to
the assessed valuation of taxable property within the county. The
district served by each volunteer fire company shall be determined
by the Mutual Fire Aid Association of Cecil County and the assessed
valuation of taxable property within each district shall be certified
by the Supervisor of Assessments for Cecil County based on the
date of finality prior to the fiscal year in which the distribution is to
be made. [Provided, that in] In order to be eligible for any [of the
following amounts] of the funds provided for in this section, each of
the [said] nine volunteer fire companies named herein shall meet
the minimum specifications and standards [for the approval laid
down by the Harford and Cecil County Volunteer Fireman's Asso-
ciation] approved by the Mutual Fire Aid Association of Cecil
County.

Cecilton Fire Company, Inc., $3,100. Hack's Point Fire Company,
$2,400. Charlestown Fire Company, Inc. $3,000 and $1,000.00 for
the ambulance. Chesapeake City Fire Company $3