68 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 26

CHAPTER 26
(Senate Bill 27)

An ACT to repeal Sections 235, 236 and 237 of Article 6 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Caroline County", sub-title "Fire Companies", as
amended by Chapter 443 of the Acts of 1945, and to enact
Sections 235, 236 and 237 in lieu thereof, increasing the levy
for fire companies and including the Goldsboro Volunteer
Fire Company, Inc., in list of companies receiving pay-
ments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 235, 236 and 237 of Article 6 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Caroline County", sub-title "Fire Companies", as amended
by Chapter 443 of the Acts of 1945, be and they are hereby
repealed, and that Sections 235, 236 and 237 be and they are
hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:

235. The County Commissioners of Caroline County are
hereby authorized and empowered to pay annually an amount
not exceeding Ten Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($10,300)
to the several volunteer fire companies of Caroline County
so long as said fire companies remain active bodies, and
active fire fighting organizations for the benefit of said
county, said sum of money to be used by the respective fire
companies for the purchase, repair or maintenance of fire
fighting equipment.

236. Said payment shall be made on the first day of Sep-
tember in each and every year by the County Commissioners
of Caroline County, and it shall be distributed as follows:
fourteen hundred ($1,400) dollars each to the following fire
companies, viz.: The Denton Volunteer Fire Company, of Den-
ton, Maryland; The Federalsburg Volunteer Fire Company
of Federalsburg, Maryland; Ridgely Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, Incorporated, of Ridgely, Maryland; Greensboro Volun-
teer Fire Company, Incorporated; The Marydel Volunteer
Fire Company, Incorporated; Preston Volunteer Fire Com-
pany, Incorporated, and the Goldsboro Volunteer Fire Com-
pany, Incorporated; and five hundred ($500) dollars to the
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Volunteer Fire Company, Incorporated.

237. The County Commissioners of Caroline County are
hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually an amount
not exceeding Ten Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($10,300)
for the above purposes on the assessable property of said
Caroline County. Before the County Commissioners shall be
required to pay the moneys levied for the purposes of this