EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 619

CHAPTER 237.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 212
of Article 3 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, as codi-
fied by T. Scott Offutt, title "Baltimore County," sub-title
"Fire Department," so as to provide for the equipment of a
fire department, the employment and discharge of officers
and employees and the establishment of rules and regula-
tions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly1 of Mary-
land, That Section 212 of Article 3 of the Public Local Laws
of Maryland as codified by T. Scott Offutt, title "Baltimore
County," sub-title "Fire Department," be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows, that is to say:

Section 212. In establishing such department they shall
provide all such proper fire engines and instruments, with
sufficient equipments necessary therefor, to be used for the
preservation of property in said districts, with full power and
authority to employ and dismiss all officers and employees nec-
essary in their judgment to serve aiul use such fire apparatus
for its intended purposes; provided, however, that no officer
or employee in said department shall be discharged or dis-
missed therefrom unless for inefficiency, insubordination or
other good cause shown and after a public hearing by the said
County Commissioners upon written charges filed with them,
at which hearing such employee or officer shall have the right
to be represented by counsel, to call witnesses and to testify in
his own behalf; and further, also, to ordain all needfull rules
and regulations for the proper conduct of such officers and
employees, and penalties for the infraction thereof; and they
shall have authority to levy upon the assessable property of the
county such tax as may be necessary to support and maintain
such fire department and pay for the necessary fire engines,
hose and apparatus.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 238.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Chapter 211
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1912, entitled "An