454 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 461

the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Montgomery County", sub-title "Fire Companies",
said new section to be known as Section 335A, and to follow
immediately after Section 335, providing that the County
Commissioners for Montgomery County may pay up to Three
Hundred ($300. 00) Dollars per annum to the Mt. Airy Fire
Department for services rendered in Montgomery County.

WHEREAS, the Mt. Airy Fire Department has, for many
years, provided sole fire protection in Montgomery County,
particularly within the Twelfth Election District, and that the
calls answered by the Mt. Airy Fire Department in Mont-
gomery County consists of approximately forty (40%) per cent
of their work; and

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners for Mont-
gomery County have by law been contributing public monies to
fire companies operating and located within Montgomery
County for their services in their respective communities; and

WHEREAS, there exists no fire company within the area, of
Montgomery County located near Mt. Airy; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be, and it is hereby added to the Code
of Public Local Laws of Montgomery County (1939 Edition),
being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County", sub-title "Fire
Companies", said new section to be known as Section 335A,
and to follow immediately after Section 335, and to read as
follows:

335A. The Board of County Commissioners for Montgomery
County are hereby authorized to pay a sum of money up to
and including Three Hundred ($300. 00) Dollars per annum, to
the regular organized fire department of Mt, Airy, Maryland,
for fire protection services rendered within Montgomery
County, and continue said payments annually until there is
established a fire department within the area of Montgomery
County now served by the Mt. Airy Fire Department.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
(35) 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 March 29, 1945.