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sub-title to the respective fire companies, the said Commis-
sioners shall have the power to require the officers of said
fire companies to appear before them and show to the satis-
faction of said Commissioners that any sums of money paid
by the said Commissioners to the said fire companies under
this sub-title have been properly expended for the purposes
set forth in this sub-title, and also that said respective fire
companies are active fire fighting organizations. In the event
any of the fire companies hereinabove mentioned cease to
remain active fire fighting organizations, or have not properly
used the moneys appropriated to them for the sole purposes
set forth in this sub-title, then the County Commissioners
are authorized to pay to the other volunteer fire companies
mentioned in this sub-title, in equal proportions, the unex-
pended moneys in the hands of the said County Commis-
sioners or to retain the same in the county treasury for
general county purposes in their discretion.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1948.

Approved June 1, 1948.

CHAPTER 27
(Senate Bill 28)

AN ACT authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to provide for the planning, designation, establish-
ment, use, regulation, alteration, improvement, maintenance
and vacation of controlled-access facilities; the restriction
of intersections and control of approaches; the establish-
ment of local service road; the prohibition of certain acts
thereon and provision for penalties therefor; and for other
purposes within Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land :

1. (Declaration of Policy.) The Legislature hereby finds,
determines and declares that this Act is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety,
and for the promotion of the general welfare.

2. (Definition of a Controlled-Access Facility.) For the
purposes of this Act, a controlled-access facility is defined as
a highway or, street especially designed for through traffic,
and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting
land or other persons have no right or easement or only a