232 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 115

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1953.

Approved March 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 115
(Senate Bill 154)

AN ACT to repeal Section 532 of Article 7 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll County, "
sub-title "Westminster", and to enact in lieu thereof a
new section to be known as Section 532, authorizing the
Mayor and Common Council of Westminster to levy and
collect a special tax for the purchasing and maintaining
of fire fighting equipment for the use of the Westminster
Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 1, and its general
maintenance, support and expenses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 532 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll County", sub-title "West-
minster", be and the same is hereby repealed and that a
new section, to be designated as Section 532, be and it is
hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:

532. The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster is
authorized to levy and collect a special tax, not to exceed
in any one year ten cents on the one hundred dollars on all
property liable to assessment and taxation by the Mayor
and Common Council of Westminster, as it may consider
necessary for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining
fire fighting equipment for the use of Westminster Fire
Engine and Hose Company, No. 1, and for its general
maintenance, support and expenses. All moneys realized
from said tax shall be held by the Mayor and Common
Council of Westminster in a special fund to be known as
the Fire Department Fund and shall be used for no other
purposes than those herein specified. All payments out of
said fund to said Fire Company shall be within the discre-
tion of the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster,

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