726 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 570

money from time to time for the purpose of purchasing land
and erecting thereon a fire department building to house the
fire department equipment of said fire department and to pur-
chase additional equipment from time to time as may be
needed, and to mortgage and pledge all or part of any prop-
erty for money owed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Board of County
Commissioners for Montgomery County are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to levy annually against all of the
assessable, real and personal property within the Hillandale
Subdivision as the same is laid down as Section 1, Book 5,
Plat 495; Section 2, Book 7, Plat 576; Section 3, Book 7, Plat
595; Section 4, Book 10, Plat 711; Section 5, Book 16, Plat
1036; Section 6, Book 19, Plat 1208; and recorded among the
Land Records of Montgomery County and against the sub-
division of land known as "Cresthaven" as the same is laid
down in Plat Book No. 11, Plat 770, as the same is re-
corded among the Land Records of Montgomery County, a tax
sufficient, but not to exceed ten (10) cents on each One Hun-
dred ($100) Dollars of real and personal property, to pay all
or any part of the requirements of expenditures to purchase
and build a fire department building and operation of the said
fire department now known as the Hillandale Fire Depart-
ment, Inc., of Montgomery County, and to purchase equipment
from time to time for said fire department including payment
on encumbrances on the real estate or equipment of said fire
department. The said tax shall be determined, levied, col-
lected, and paid 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 Hillandale
Fire Department, Inc., of Montgomery County, the whole
valuation of assessable property within the said areas above
described and the Fire Board of the Hillandale Fire Depart-
ment, Inc., of Montgomery County, shall then determine the
amount necessary to be raised for the ensuing year to pay for
all or any part of the above authorized expenditures and so
certify to the Board of County Commissioners. The County
Commissioners in their next annual levy shall levy said tax
not in excess of ten (10) cents on each One Hundred (f 100)
Dollars of assessable, real and personal property, within said
areas, which shall be levied and collected for, 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 col-
lected to the Treasurer of the said Hillandale Fire Depart-