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4. A sum of money not greater than four per centum of
the semi-monthly pay, salary or compensation of each mem-
ber of the Police Department of Baltimore County en-
titled to participate in the special fund, which sum shall be
deducted every pay day from the pay, salary or compensation
of each and every member of said Police Department of Bal-
timore County by the Treasurer who shall deposit the same to
the credit of said special fund.

5. In case the amount derived from the different sources men-
tioned in this section and from the special fund shall not be
sufficient to enable the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County at any time to pay in full the salaries or pensions which
may be hereafter granted and which salaries shall at all times
be a first charge on said fund, the said County Commissioners
of Baltimore County Shall appropriate such sum as may be nec-
essary to meet such deficiency and they are authorized to levy
such tax upon the assessable property of Baltimore County as
may be necessary to raise such sum.

And the Treasurer of Baltimore County shall keep such special
fund separate under the name of the Policemen's Special Fund
of Baltimore County.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 190.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 244
of the revised Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore County
of 1929 compiled by T. Scott Offutt, increasing the amount of
pay that may be deducted from each and every member of
said fire department of Baltimore County for a special fund
for pensions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 244 of Offutt's Code of Public Local Laws
of Baltimore County, Edition of 1929, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:

Section 244. The special fund shall consist of:

1. All fines and forfeitures imposed by the County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore County upon any member or members of
the Fire Department; and of

2. All rewards, gifts, testimonials and emoluments that may be
presented, paid or given to any member of the Fire Department