WM. PRESTON LANE,, JR., GOVERNOR. 797
CHAPTER 325
(House Bill 89)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
206 of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Alle-
gany County, Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Allegany
County", sub-title "Frostburg", authorizing the Mayor and
Councilmen of Frostburg to increase the tax on assessable
property for the purpose of maintaining the Fire Depart-
ment of said City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 206 of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Allegany County, Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Allegany County", sub-title "Frostburg", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

206. In addition to the powers of taxation given the Mayor
and Councilmen of Frostburg by Section 205, the Mayor and
Councilmen may also levy and collect such additional tax
not exceeding in any one year twelve (12) cents on each
one hundred dollars ($100. 00) worth of assessable prop-
erty of said city as may be necessary for the purpose of pur-
chasing and maintaining fire fighting equipment for the use
of the Frostburg Fire Department and for general mainte-
nance of the said Frostburg Fire Department. All moneys
realized from said tax shall be kept by the Mayor and Council-
men in a special fund to be known as the Fire Department
Fund and shall be used for no other purpose other than those
herein specified. All payments out of said fund to said Fire
Department shall be within the discretion of the Mayor and
Councilmen of Frostburg, and the said Fire Department shall
furnish from time to time such financial statements and other
information as may be requested by the Mayor and Council-
men of Frostburg.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate 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 of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 22, 1949.