HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 995

each; to the Frostburg Fire Department of Frostburg, Mary-
land, the sum of f 675. 00; to the Good Will Fire Company of
Lonaconing, Maryland, the sum of f675. 00; to the Potomac
Fire Company No. 2 of Westernport, Maryland, the sum of
$525. 00; to the Midland Fire Department of Midland, Mary-
land, the sum of $375. 00; to the Mount Savage Fire Depart-
ment, of Mount Savage, Maryland, the sum of $375. 00; to the
Volunteer Fire Company of Barton, Barton, Maryland, the
sum of $375. 00; to the Luke Fire Company, Inc., the sum of
$375. 00; to the La Vale Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., the
sum of $375. 00; to the Cresaptown Fire Department, the sum
of $375. 00.

176. The Commissioners of Allegany County are hereby au-
thorized, directed and empowered to levy the sums of money as
set forth in Section 175 of this sub-title annually for the above
purpose on the assessable property of said Allegany County.
Before the County Commissioners shall be required to pay the
aforesaid sums of money to the respective fire companies, the
said Commissioners shall have the power to require the officers
of said fire companies to appear before them and show to the
satisfaction of said commissioners that any sums of money
paid by the said Commissioners, to the said fire companies
under this Act have been expended for the purposes set forth
in this Act. In the event any of the fire companies hereinbe-
fore mentioned cease to remain incorporated bodies or active
fire fighting organizations, or have not used the moneys ap-
propriated to them for the sole purposes set forth in this Act,
then the County Commissioners are authorized and directed to
pay to the other volunteer fire companies mentioned in this
Act, in equal proportions the unexpended moneys in the hands
of the said County Commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 484.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners
of Dorchester County, Maryland, in their discretion, to bor-
row an amount not exceeding One Hundred Fifty Thousand