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not exceeding seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
($7, 250. 00) for the above purpose on the assessable property
of said Dorchester County. Before the County Commission-
ers shall be required to pay the moneys levied for the pur-
poses of this sub-title to the respective fire companies, the
said Commissioners shall have the power t6 require the officers
of said fire companies to appear before them and show to the
satisfaction of said Commissioners that any sums of money
paid by the said Commissioners to the said fire companies
under this sub-title have been expended for the purposes set
forth in this sub-title and also that said respective fire com-
panies are active fire fighting organizations. In the event any
of the fire companies hereinbefore mentioned cease to remain
active fire fighting organizations, or have not used the moneys
appropriated to them for the sole purposes set forth in this
sub-title, then the County Commissioners are authorized and
directed to pay to the other volunteer fire companies men-
tioned in this sub-title, in equal proportions, the unexpected
moneys in the hands of the said County Commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it -further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and being passed
by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 23, 1941.

CHAPTER 462.

(House Bill 385)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
365 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws and
Baltimore City Charter (1938 Edition), title "Baltimore
City", sub-title "Bail", authorizing the Police Justices of
Baltimore City to accept bail on a charge of manslaughter
arising out of motor vehicle accident.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 365 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws and Baltimore City Charter (1938 Edition), title "Balti-
more City", sub-title "Bail", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: