WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 801

Before the County Commissioners shall be required to pay
the aforesaid sum of money to the said Fire Association, the
Commissioners shall have the power to require the officers
of said Association to appear before them and show to the,
satisfaction of said Commissioners that all sums of money
paid by the said Commissioners to the said Association un-
der this sub-title have been expended for the purposes set
forth in this sub-title, and also that all member companies
are active fire fighting or rescue squad organizations with
equipment in proper working order. Provided, however, that
no fire company nor rescue squad not now in existence
and/or of record as of December 31, 1948, may be organized
in Prince George's County without the approval of the
Prince George's County Volunteer Firemen's Association,
Incorporated and the Board of County Commissioners of the
County, jointly.

The County Commissioners of Prince George's County shall
not levy any sum for or contribute to the support of any
Volunteer Fire Company unless the Volunteer Fire Com-
pany is inspected and approved by the Prince George's
County Volunteer Firemen's Association, Incorporated, year-
ly as to the minimum standards requirements. The minimum
standards requirements for equipment shall be approved and
adopted by the Prince George's County Volunteer Firemen's
Association, Incorporated. The County Commissioners shall
not levy any sum for or contribute to the support of any
Volunteer Fire Company unless the same has been organized
with the approval of and on the recommendation of the
Prince George's County Volunteer Firemen's Association,
Incorporated.

605. The Treasurer of Prince George's County Volunteer
Firemen's Association shall give bond to the County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County in the penal sum of
Forty-seven Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($47, 600. 00)
for the faithful performance of his duties hereunder.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 329

(House Bill 137)

AN ACT to repeal Section 1195 of the Montgomery County
Code (1947), being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local

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