THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   1193

CLUDING FLOORS BELOW THE STREET OR GROUND LEVEL.

The annual license fee shall be $1,000.00. Said licenses to be subject
to all other provisions pertaining to Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses,
On Sale, Class B, in force and effect in Prince George's County,
Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 699
(House Bill 805)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 43 of
Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Carroll County", sub-title "County Commissioners", as
said Section was amended by Chapter 573 of the Acts of 1947,
authorizing the County Commissioners of Carroll County to raise
the fire tax levy, in their discretion, under certain condition.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 43 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County", sub-title "County
Commissioners", as said Section was amended by Chapter 573 of the
Acts of 1947, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and to read as follows:

43. The County Commissioners of Carroll County shall annually
levy and collect from the assessable property in Carroll County, as
other county taxes are levied and collected the sum of 3 per $100.00
of the value of such property, which sum of money the said County
Commissioners shall distribute and pay to the several volunteer fire
companies in said county for the support, maintenance, equipment
(including ambulances) and operation of said volunteer fire com-
panies; and that said sum of money shall be proportioned and distri-
buted among said volunteer fire companies upon the recommendation
of the executive committee of the Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's
Association. The County Commissioners of Carroll County are here-
by authorized and empowered, in their discretion and upon the sub-
mission to them of a detailed financial report, TOGETHER WITH
A DETAILED REPORT OF ALL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES,
by each volunteer fire company in said county, to increase the annual
levy of 5c per $100.00 of the value of the assessable property in
Carroll County, to collect such sum and to distribute it to the several
volunteer fire companies in said county as provided in this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.