88 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 112
CHAPTER 111.

(Senate Bill 208. )

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 9 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Charles County, " to be under sub-title "Fire Com-
panies, " said new section to be known as Section 109A
and to follow immediately after Section 109 of said
Article, authorizing the County Commissioners of
Charles County to levy funds for the volunteer fire com-
panies of said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 9
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Charles County, " to be under sub-title "Fire
Companies, " said new section to be known as Section 109A,
to follow immediately after Section 109 of said Article, and
to read as follows:

109A. The County Commissioners of Charles County
are authorized to levy on the assessable property of said
county for the calendar year 1945 and annually thereafter
the sum of $3, 000, which shall be distributed and paid by
said Commissioners to the several volunteer fire compan-
ies in said county for the support, maintenance, equipment
and operation of said volunteer companies for the purpose
of suppressing fires in said county. Any or all of said sum
for the calendar year 1945 may be paid out of any con-
tingent or surplus funds in the treasury of said county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the preservation of the public health and safety and,
having been passed, by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of 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 February 16, 1945.

CHAPTER 112.
(Senate Bill 242)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 754 and 755 of Article 22 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Washington County, " sub-title "Sheriff, "