1092 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 362

(b) The County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County
are hereby authorized and directed to levy for the year 1953
and annually thereafter a fire tax of ten FIVE cents on every
One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) of the assessed value of all real
and personal property located in the third precinct of the Third
Election District.

(c) The said fire tax shall be levied and collected in the same
manner as other State and County taxes are now levied and
collected.

(d) The proceeds of said fire tax shall be paid by the County
Commissioners semi-annually on June SO and December 31 of
each year to the Marley Park Fire Company.

3S2F. The funds received by Marley Park Fire Company
shall be used for the purpose of purchasing, repairing, replac-
ing, operating and maintaining its fire fighting equipment and
apparatus and the housing of the same, provided, however, that
no payment or disbursement of any of said funds shall be made
by any such fire company or the Treasurer thereof without the
approval of its Board of Directors. The amount and type of
equipment of said fire company shall conform to the standards
prescribed by the Anne Arundel County Volunteer Fire As-
sociation and no resolution, regulation or by-law shall be
passed by said fire company limiting or restricting the terri-
tory within said precinct of said election district within which
it will respond to emergency or fire calls.

332G. In the event said fire company ceases to be an active
fire fighting organization, or if the funds provided for herein
are not used for the purposes set forth in Sections 332E—332H
of this sub-title, or if restrictive rules or regulations are
adopted by said company with respect to the area within which
it will respond to emergency or fire calls, then, and in any of
said events, the said County Commissioners shall cease to levy
the said fire tax.

332H. The Marley Park Fire Company shall give bond to
the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County in a penal
sum to be set by them conditioned upon the faithful expendi-
ture of the funds derived hereunder.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before any tax
shall be levied under the provisions of this Act, the question
of such levy shall first be submitted to the legally qualified
voters of the third precinct of the Third Election District at
the regular polling place at the general election in November,
1952. There shall be printed on the ballot to be used at said