THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 619

were amended by Chapter 574 of the Acts of 1949, be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

141A. The County Commissioners of Cecil County are
hereby directed to levy, on the assessable property in Cecil
County, annually, the sum of [Nine Thousand Six Hundred
Dollars ($9, 600. 00)] Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20, 000. 00)
for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance AND OPERA-
TION of the eight volunteer fire companies in Cecil County,
in the following amounts, namely [, ];

Cecilton Fire Company, Inc. $2, 200.
Charlestown Fire Company, Inc. $1, 500.
Chesapeake City Fire Company $2, 000.
Singerly Fire Company of Elkton $3, 500.
North East Fire Company $2, 800.
Community Fire Company of Perryville $2, 100.
Water Witch Fire Company at Port Deposit $2, 900.
Rising sun Fire Company $2, 800.

CECILTON FIRE COMPANY, INC. $2, 400.
CHARLESTOWN FIRE COMPANY, INC. $2, 400.
CHESAPEAKE CITY FIRE COMPANY $2, 400.
SINGERLY FIRE COMPANY OF ELKTON $2, 400 FOR

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND $800 FOR

THE AMBULANCE.

NORTH EAST FIRE COMPANY $2, 400.
COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY OF PERRYVILLE

$2, 400.
WATER WITCH FIRE COMPANY AT PORT DEPOSIT

$2, 400.
RISING SUN FIRE COMPANY $2, 400.

Levy shall be made in the month of June and the said sum
of money to be paid by the County Commissioners of Cecil
County to the said volunteer fire companies pro rata. The said
County Commissioners are hereby directed to require each of
the said volunteer fire companies to file, annually, a fair state-
ment of the value of their respective fire fighting apparatus.
Each of the said volunteer fire companies shall also file with
the County Commissioners a statement of the number of fires
to which their respective companies were called during the
previous year, the estimated value of the property in which the
fires occurred and the estimated loss to the same by reason of
any fire.

141B. [The County Commissioners shall pay out of the
taxes collected in Cecil County, in each and every year, to each
of the said volunteer fire companies the sum of Twelve Hun-