MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3287

Northern boundary of Section 4, of the Village of Chevy Chase, Mary-
land; thence Westerly and Southerly along the Northern and Western
boundaries of said Section 4 to the center line of Bradley Lane; thence
West along the center line of Bradley Lane to the center line of Wisconsin
Avenue extended; thence South along the center line of said Wisconsin
Avenue extended to the Western boundary line of the District of Colum-
bia; and thence Southwesterly along said Western boundary line of the
District of Columbia to the place of beginning, excluding so much of the
area thereof as lies within the corporate limits of the town of Garrett
Park, the County Commissioners of said Montgomery County be and they
are hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually against all of the
assessable property within said area a tax sufficient, but not in any event
more than twelve (12) cents on each $100.00 of the assessable value of
the real and personal property within said area, to pay the annual require-
ments or expenditures necessary to establish, maintain and operate the said
fire department, now known as the Bethesda Fire Department, Inc., in-
cluding payment of encumbrance on the real estate owned by said Fire
Department, said tax to be determined, levied, collected and paid over in
the following manner: At least thirty days before the tax levying period
of each year the County Commissioners of said County may certify to the
Bethesda Fire Department, Inc., its successor or successors, the whole
valuation of assessable property within said area. Said Bethesda Fire
Department, Inc., its successor or successors, shall then determine the
amount necessary to be raised for the ensuing year to establish, maintain
and operate the said Fire Department, including payment in whole or in
part of any existing encumbrance, and then after determining the number
of cents per $100.00 of said assessed valuation necessary to raise the re-
quired amount for the ensuing year, so certify to the Board of County Com-
missioners. The said County Commissioners in th'eir next annual levy may
levy said tax on all land and improvements and any other property assessed
for County tax purposes within said area, which tax may be levied and col-
lected as County taxes now are or may be hereafter by law levied and col-
lected, and have the same priority, rights, bear the same interest and pen-
alties and in every respect be treated the same as County taxes. The
taxes so levied for the ensuing year may be collected by the tax collecting
authorities for said County and every sixty days they may remit the whole
amount of the taxes so collected to the Treasurer of the said Bethesda
Fire Department, Inc., or its successor or successors, upon the said Treas-
urer giving a corporate bond to said Board of County Commissioners to
be approved by the Judge of the Circuit Court for said County in a penal
sum to be fixed by said Judge, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of
the duties of said Treasurer. From the money so received the Treasurer
of the said Bethesda Fire Department, Inc., its successor or successors,
shall pay all proper costs, expenses, claims and demands, including salaries
to firemen and such principal and interest on any encumbrances on the
real estate owned by said Fire Department as may be due, that are neces-
sary to properly establish, maintain and operate said Fire Department.