ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 481

known as the Bethesda Fire Department, Inc., including pay-
ment of encumbrance 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 be-
fore the tax levying period of each year the County Com-
missioners of said County may certify to the Bethesda Fire
Department, Inc., its successor or successors, the whole valu-
ation 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 De-
partment, 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
Commissioners 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 respect be treated the same as County taxes. The
taxes so levied for the ensuing year may be collected by the
tax collecting authorities for said County and every sixty
days they may remit the whole amount of the taxes so col-
lected to the Treasurer of the said Bethesda Fire Depart-
ment, Inc., or its successor or successors, upon the said
Treasurer giving a corporate bond to said Board of County
Commissioners to be approved by the Judge of the Circuit
Court for said County in a penal sum to be fixed by said
Judge, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties
of said Treasurer. From the money so received the Treas-
urer of the said Bethesda Fire Department, Inc., its succes-
sor or successors, shall pay all proper costs, expenses, claims
and demands, including salaries to firemen and such principal
and interest on any encumbrances on the real estate owned by
said Fire Department as may be due, that are necessary to
properly establish, maintain and operate said Fire Depart-
ment. Should the tax so collected in any one year be in-
adequate to defray the said costs, expenses, claims and de-
mands such deficiency may be added to the amount required

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