720 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 414

with Bethesda-Silver Spring Highway to the 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
Columbia; and thence southwesterly along said western
boundary line of the District pf 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
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 fifteen (15)
cents on each $100.00 of the assessable value of the
real and personal property within said area, to pay the
annual requirements or expenditures necessary to estab-
lish, maintain and operate the said fire department, now
known as the Bethesda Fire Department, Inc., including pay-
ment of encumbrances 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 Commis-
sioners of said county may certify to the Bethesda Fire De-
partment, Inc., its successor or successors, the whole valua-
tion 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 Depart-
ment, 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 required amount for the ensuing year, so certify to the
Board of County Commissioners. The said County Commis-
sioners in their 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 collected as county taxes now are or may be hereafter
by law levied and collected, and have the same priority
rights, bear the same interest and penalties and in every re-
spect be treated the same as county taxes. The taxes so
levied for the ensuing year may be collected by the tax col-
lecting 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 treasurer giving a cor-