THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1709

tax levied in the Election District in which the Volunteer
Fire Department employing the chauffeur or relief chauf-
feur is located]. The salary for each [chauffeur] engine-
man shall, after [July 1, 1947] January 1, 1954 be
[$2100. 00] $2500. 00 $2900. 00 per year, payable in equal
monthly installments except that any such [chauffeur]
engineman employed on [June 1, 1947] January 1, 1954,
shall, from and after that date, receive not less than
[$2400. 00] $2800. 00 $3200. 00 per year; provided, further,
that any [chauffeur] engineman beginning at a salary of
[$2, 100. 00] $2500. 00 $2900. 00 per year after [June 1,
1947] January 1, 1954, shall be paid $100. 00 additional
for each year of service thereafter subject to said maximum
of [$2400. 00] $2800. 00 $3200. 00 per year.

(b) All [chauffeurs] enginemen appointed under this
sub-title shall be entitled to 15 days annual vacation, at the
full rate of pay.

(c) The County Commissioners, upon the recommenda-
tion of the several Volunteer Fire Companies, shall appoint
a relief [chauffeur] engineman for each of the several
Volunteer Fire Companies, to substitute for the regular
[chauffeurs] enginemen when they are off on vacation or
sick. The pay of said relief [chauffeurs] enginemen shall
be computed at the annual rate of [$2100. 001 $2500. 00
$2900. 00.

(d) Persons now employed as [chauffeurs] enginemen of
the several Volunteer Fire Companies shall be appointed by
the County Commissioners in preference to all other appli-
cants to fill the positions created by this sub-title. The
County Commissioners may pass rules and regulations
setting forth the duties of each of the [chauffeurs] engine-
men appointed under this sub-title.

(e) The County Commissioners may retire any [chauf-
feur] engineman of a Volunteer Fire Company who shall
after June 1, 1939, become permanently disabled while in
the active performance of his duties, or who has performed
faithful services as an [chauffeur] engineman for a period
of not less than twenty (20) consecutive years' service
prior to June 1, 1939, to be included and has reached the
age of sixty [-five (65)] (60) years, and place the [chauf-
feurs] enginemen so retired upon a pension roll and pay
him one-half of his regular monthly salary. Any engine-
man who retires with less than twenty (20) consecutive
years' service shall receive one-fortieth of his regular
monthly salary for each year of service. No [chauffeur]
engineman shall be retired before reaching the age of sixty