ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 437

Chase Land Company to the south right of way line of the
Metropolitan Southern Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road; thence west along said south right of way line of the
Metropolitan Southern Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road to the east line of the property of the Columbia Country
Club; thence south along said east line of the property of the
Columbia Country Club and a prolongation of said east line
of the property of the Columbia Country Club to the middle
line of Cypress Street; thence following the northern and
western boundary lines of Section 4 of the Village of Chevy
Chase as described in Chapter No. 317 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1924, and a prolongation of the western boun-
dary line of said Section 4 of said Village of Chevy Chase to
the south line of Bradley Lane and the north line of the prop-
erty of the Chevy Chase Club; thence east along said north
line of the property of the Chevy Chase Club to Connecticut
Avenue; thence in a southerly and westerly direction along
the east and south lines of the property of the Chevy Chase
Club to the center line of Wisconsin Avenue; thence south
along the center line of Wisconsin Avenue to the place of be-
ginning, the County Commissioners of said Montgomery Coun-
ty be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to
levy annually against all of the real and personal 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 establish,
maintain and operate the 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 Chevy Chase Fire Department, Inc., its succes-
sor or successors, the whole assessable value of the real and
personal property within said area, Said Chevy Chase Fire
Department, Inc., its successor or successors, shall then deter-
mine the amount necessary to be raised for the ensuing year
to establish, maintain and operate the said fire department, and
then after determining the number of cents per $100. 00 of
said assessable value necessary to raise the required amount for
the ensuing year shall certify the same to the said County
Commissioners. The said County Commissioners in their
next annual levy are herewith authorized to levy said tax or
such part thereof as in their judgment is needed to provide ade-
quate fif e protection in the area described in this act on all land