62 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 26

General of the State, to constitute themselves County Guards
of the county in which they may be serving; to provide rules
and regulations governing the duties of such County Guards,
and subjecting such .Guards to the militia laws of the State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all volunteer fire companies or associations,
whether incorporated or not, of the State or any of the political
sub-divisions thereof, are hereby authorized, subject to the ap-
proval of the Governor and the Adjutant General of the State,,
to constitute themselves County Guards of the county in which
they may be serving as fire companies.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Adjutant Gen-
eral, with the approval of the Governor, shall prescribe such
rules and regulations governing the duties and service of such
County Guards as he may deem necessary, and such rules and
regulations, when promulgated, shall have the effect of law.
County Guards, when approved as such, shall become subject
to the militia laws of the State.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed
upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all 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 June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 26.

AN ACT to add nine additional sections to Article 65 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Militia," as said Arti-
cle was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 311 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, said addi-
tional sections to follow immediately after Section 90 of said