1308 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 640

of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, Session
of 1935; so as to define the area in which the annual levy for
the maintenance of Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, Inc. is to be made and the method of determining the
amount of said levy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 902 of Article 16 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Montgomery
County", sub-title "Silver Spring", as the same was amended
by Chapter 126 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, Session of 1935; be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

902. That for the purpose of providing funds with which
to maintain, equip and operate a fire department In Silver
Spring, Montgomery County, the County Commissioners of
Montgomery County are hereby authorized and empowered to
levy annually against all the property assessed for County
tax purposes within that portion of the Thirteenth Election
District of said County the boundaries of which coincide with
the boundaries of the Second (2), Fifth (5), Seventh (7), and
Eighth (8) Precincts of said Election District, as said Pre-
cincts were constituted in 1935 and also the following de-
scribed area:

Beginning at a point where the center line of the Northwest
Branch is intersected by the line of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary District as set forth in Chapter 122 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1918; thence
southwesterly along the said line to the center line of the old
Bladensburg Road (Wheaton—Four Corners Road); thence
in a Northwesterly direction along the center line of said old
Bladensburg Road to the point where the center line of said
road is intersected by the center line of Sligo Branch; thence
southerly along the center line of said Branch to the point
where said center line intersects the center line of the Old
Forest Glen Road; thence east along the center line of said
Road to a point where the center line of said Road intersects
the Colesville Pike; thence northeasterly along the center line
of said Pike to the center line of the Northwest Branch;
thence north along the center line of said Branch to the place
of beginning, and to levy a tax sufficient, but not in any event
at a rate of more than six cents (. 06) on each one hundred
dollars of the property assessed for County tax purposes in
said area, to pay annually to the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire
Department, Inc., the amount necessary to maintain, equip
and operate said fire department for the ensuing year; said
tax to be determined, levied, collected and paid over in the fol-
lowing manner: at least thirty days before the tax levying