HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 189

as the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated,
including payment of encumbrance on real estate or equip-
ment owned by said Kensington Volunteer Fire Department,
Incorporated. The said tax shall be determined, levied, col-
lected and paid over in the following manner: At least thirty
(30) days before the tax levying period of each year the
County Commissioners of said county shall certify to the
Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated, its
successor or successors, the whole valuation of assessable
property within said area and the Fire Board hereinafter cre-
ated, its successor or successors, shall then determine the
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 num-
ber of cents per one hundred dollars ($100) of said assessed
valuation necessary to raise the required amount for the en-
suing year, so certify to the Board of County Commissioners.
The County Commissioners in their next annual levy shall levy
said tax not in excess of fifteen (15) cents on each one hun-
dred dollars ($100) of assessable property on all land and
improvements assessed for the county tax purposes within
>said area, which shall 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. And further
provided that no more than ten (10) cents on each One Hun-
dred ($100. 00) Dollars of assessable property on the lands
heretofore mentioned shall be levied until the Fire Board
mentioned in Section 587 of this sub-title shall advise the
Board of County Commissioners that the Kensington Volun-
teer Fire Department, Incorporated, has contracted to build
a fire department building within said area, at which time and
thereafter the fifteen (15) cents tax on each One Hundred
($100. 00) Dollars of assessable property above authorized may
be levied; but until such time the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Montgomery County are hereby authorized, empow-
ered, and directed to levy annually on the assessable real
property within the above described area, a tax not to exceed
ten (10) cents on each One Hundred ($100. 00) Dollars of
assessable real property for the above purposes.

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