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levied for the purposes of this sub-title to the respective
fire companies, the said Commissioners shall have the
power to require the officers of said fire companies to
appear before them and to show to the satisfaction of said
Commissioners that any sums of money paid by the said
Commissioners to the said fire companies under this sub-
title have been 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 hereinbefore mentioned cease to remain
active fire fighting organizations, or have not used the
moneys appropriated to them for the sole purposes set
forth in this sub-title, then the County Commissioners are
authorized and directed to pay to the other volunteer fire
companies mentioned in this sub-title, in equal proportions,
the unexpected moneys in the hands of the said County
Commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 96

(Senate Bill 177)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 11 (d) of Article 24 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1947 Supplement), title "Costs, " to make Section
11, requiring the payment of costs in certain cases to be
made by the plaintiff before docketing of suit applicable
in Dorchester County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 (d) of Article 24 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Costs, " be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

11.

(d). This Section (11) shall be applicable only in Balti-
more City, Anne Arundel, Dorchester, Harford, Somerset,
Wicomico and Worcester Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.