LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 641

amount necessary to be raised for the ensuing year to main-
tain and operate the said Kensington Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, Incorporated, including payment in whole or in part
of any existing encumbrance, and then after determining the
number of cents per one hundred dollars ($100) of said as-
sessed valuation necessary to raise the required amount for
the ensuing year, so certify to the Board of County Commis-
sioners. The County Commissioners in their next annual levy
shall levy said tax not in excess of ten (10) cents on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessable property on all land and
improvements assessed for the County tax purposes within
said area, which tax shall be 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 but
not to exceed the rate hereinabove provided.

The taxes so levied for the ensuing year shall be collected
by the tax collecting authorities for said county and every
sixty (60) days they shall remit the whole amount of taxes so
collected to the Treasurer of the said Kensington Volunteer
Fire Department, Incorporated, 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 faithful discharge of the duties
of said Treasurer. From the money so received the Treasurer
of the said Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, Incorpo-
rated, its successors or successor, shall upon approval of the
Fire Board hereinafter created, pay all proper costs, expenses,
claims and demands and such principal and interest on any
encumbrance on real estate or equipment owned by said Ken-
sington Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated, as may be
due, that are necessary properly to maintain and operate said
Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated. Should
the tax so collected in any one year be inadequate to defray
the said costs, expenses, claims and demands such deficiency
may be added to the amount required for the next ensuing-
year and be levied and collected in the next year's taxes, pro-
vided the rate shall not be in excess of that above mentioned.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1940.

Approved May 11, 1939.