800 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 328

CHAPTER 328
(House Bill 124)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
603 and 605 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (Flack's Edition, 1943), title "Fire Com-
panies", as enacted by Chapter 772 of the Acts of 1947, in-
creasing the annual appropriation for Prince George's
County Volunteer Firemen's Association and Rescue
Squads.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 603 and 605 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (Flack's Edition, 1943), title
"Fire Companies", as enacted by Chapter 772 of the Acts of
1947, be, and the same are hereby, repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

603. The County Commissioners of Prince George's County
are hereby authorized and directed to appropriate and
levy annually the sum of Forty-seven Thousand Six Hundred
Dollars ($47, 600. 00) for the use of the Prince George's
County Volunteer Firemen's Association, Incorporated and the
Prince George's County Rescue Squads. Said sum shall be
paid annually to the Treasurer of said Association, and
Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($8, 400. 00) thereof
shall be disbursed by him, as follows: to the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad, $1, 200. 00, Glendale Rescue Squad, $1, 200. 00,
Marlboro Rescue Squad, $1, 200. 00, Brentwood Rescue Squad,
$1, 200. 00, Branchville Rescue Squad, $1, 200. 00, District
Heights Rescue Squad, $1, 200. 00, and the Bowie Rescue
Squad, $1, 200. 00, and to each of the twenty-eight (28) Volun-
teer Fire Companies of record as of December 31, 1948, the
Treasurer shall disburse $1, 400. 00. Said disbursements shall
be only on order of the Board of Directors of said Associa-
tion to the member companies, and/or rescue squads of said
Association, only for the purpose of purchasing, repairing,
housing and maintaining apparatus and equipment; pro-
vided, however, that no payment shall be made to any fire
company or rescue squad which has resolution or regulation
limiting the territory within which it will respond to calls
and provided further that before any new volunteer fire
association, rescue squad, company or corporation shall
share in said appropriation, said volunteer fire association,
rescue squad, company or corporation must receive the ap-
proval of the County Commissioners and the Prince George's
County Volunteer Firemen's Association, Incorporated jointly.