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332-I. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to and be
effective in the fourth precinct of the Fifth Election District of Anne
Arundel County.

(b)   The County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County are here-
by authorized and directed to levy for the year 1956 and annually
thereafter a fire tax of ten cents on every One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) of the assessed value of all real and personal property
located in the fourth precinct of the Fifth Election District.

(c)   The said fire tax shall be levied and collected in the same
manner as other State and County taxes are now levied and collected.

(d)   The proceeds collected from said fourth precinct by said fire
tax shall be paid by the County Commissioners semi-annually on
June SO and December 31 of each year to the Ferndale Fire Company.

332J. The funds received by the Ferndale Fire Company shall be
used for the purpose of purchasing, repairing, replacing, operating
and maintaining their fire fighting equipment and apparatus and the
housing of the same, provided, however, that no payment or disburse-
ment of any of said funds shall be made by said fire company or the
Treasurer thereof without the approval of its Board of Directors.
The amount and type of equipment of said fire company shall conform
to the standards prescribed by the Anne Arundel County Volunteer
Fire Association and no resolution, regulation or by-law shall be
passed by said fire company limiting or restricting the territory with-
in said precinct of said election district within which it will respond
to emergency or fire calls.

332K. In the event said fire company ceases to be an active fire
fighting organization, or if the funds provided for herein are not
used for the purposes set forth in Sections 332-1 - 332L of this sub-
title, or if restrictive rules or regulations are adopted by said com-
pany with respect to the area within which it will respond to emer-
gency or fire calls, then, and in any of said events, the said County
Commissioners shall cease to levy the said fire tax.

332L. The Ferndale Fire Company shall give bond to the County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel County in a penal sum to be set
by them conditioned upon the faithful expenditure of the funds
derived hereunder.

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

Approved March 24,1955.

CHAPTER 134
(House Bill 336)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 656, Sub-
section (g) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's

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