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to be under the sub-title "Fire Companies", said Section 233
thereof having been repealed by Chapter 424 of the Acts of 1943,
relating to the payments by the County to volunteer fire com-
panies in Queen Anne's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 233A of Article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Queen Anne's County", sub-title
"Fire Companies", as enacted or amended by Chapters 76 of the Acts
of 1935, 129 of 1941, 453 of 1945, 453 of 1947 and 380 of 1949, be
and the same is hereby repealed and new Section 233 added to said
Article of the Code, to follow immediately after Section 232 thereof
and to be under the sub-title "Fire Companies", said Section 233
thereof having been repealed by Chapter 424 of the Acts of 1943,
said new section to read as follows:

Fire Companies

233. The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County are
authorized and directed to pay annually, on or before the 1st day
of October of each year, the sum of two thousand dollars to each of
the following named volunteer fire companies: Goodwill Fire Com-
pany, Incorporated; The Sudlersville Fire Company, Incorporated;
Church Hill Fire Company, Incorporated; The Queenstown Volun-
teer Fire Company; and Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department,
Inc., and the sum of one thousand dollars to Queen Anne-Hillsboro
Volunteer Fire Company, Incorporated, for the purchase, improve-
ment, maintenance and operation of fire apparatus and fire equip-
ment for the said volunteer fire companies.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 18, 1957.

CHAPTER 230
(Senate Bill 446)

AN ACT to add Section 8 (43) to Article 81 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1956 Supplement), title "Revenue
and Taxes", sub-title "What Shall Be Taxed and Where", to follow
immediately after Section 8(42) thereof, providing a tax exemp-
tion for certain land and the buildings or structures erected
thereon and owned by the Naval Academy Athletic Association.

Whereas, The intercollegiate athletic program at the United
States Naval Academy in Annapolis is financed by the Naval Academy
Athletic Association; and

Whereas, In a ruling made on September 15, 1941, by the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue, this Association was accorded the
status of a non-profit tax-exempt organization; and

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.