478 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 188

sub-title "Fire Companies, " as said section was enacted
by Chapter 111 of the Acts of 1945, relating to the dis-
tribution of funds to Volunteer Fire Departments in
Charles County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 109A of Article 9 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Charles County, "
sub-title "Fire Companies, " as said section was enacted by
Chapter 111 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

109A. The County Commissioners of Charles County
are authorized to levy on the assessable property of said
county for the calendar year [1945] 1951 and annually
thereafter the sum of $3, 000, which shall be distributed
and paid by said Commissioners to the several volunteer
fire companies in said county for the support, maintenance,
equipment and operation of said volunteer companies for
the purpose of suppressing fires in said county [. ], pro-
vided, however, that no part of said sum shall be distrib-
uted to any such present or future company which has not
been approved by the Southern Maryland Fireman's As-
sociation, and which is not organized in such a manner as
to comply with the minimum requirements prescribed by
said Association for Volunteer Fire Departments. Any
or all of said sum for the calendar year [1945] 1951 may
be paid out of any contingent or surplus funds in the treas-
ury of said county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 24, 1951.

CHAPTER 188
(Senate Bill 390)

AN ACT to add one new section to Article 27 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition),
title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-title "Sabbath

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