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for any year in which special tax moneys are levied, collected, re-
ceived or requested, shall submit an annual budget to the County
Commissioners, said budget to be submitted on or before the 15th
day of March in each of such years. In addition the LaVale Volunteer
Fire Department, Incorporated, shall also submit to the County Com-
missioners an accounting of all expenditures made by it in each fiscal
year, which accounting shall be submitted to the County Commis-
sioners within 60 days from the end of the fiscal year of the Fire
Department.

148D. The special tax hereinabove provided for shall be levied,
collected and paid to the LaVale Volunteer Fire Department, Incor-
porated, in addition to the annual appropriation provided for in
Section 147 of this Article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That before any tax shall be
levied in parts of Election Districts Nos. 29, 5 and 6, in Allegany
County, under the provisions of this Act, the question of such levy
shall first be submitted to the qualified voters of said contemplated
fire area and approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon. Said election shall take place within 90 days after the effec-
tive date of this Bill, and the Board of Election Supervisors of
Allegany County are hereby authorized and empowered to determine
the time, place or places, and manner for the submission of any such
question to the qualified voters and for voting thereon, and for as-
certaining the results. In connection with said election there shall
be printed on the ballot or voting machines to be used at said election
the title of this Act, and underneath said title on separate lines a
square or box to the right of and opposite with the words "For Fire
Tax" and a corresponding square or box to the right of and opposite
the words "Against Fire Tax" so that the voters shall be able to
designate by a cross-mark in the proper square or box indicated by
hand or voting machine, his or her decision for or against said fire
tax. If a majority of the votes cast in said area in said election
shall be "For Fire Tax" then paid tax shall be levied and paid over
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, but if a majority of
votes cast shall be "Against Fire Tax", then this Act shall be of no
effect in said Election Districts, and shall be null and void.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved March 24, 1959.

CHAPTER 250
(House Bill 339)

AN ACT to add new Section 5 (f) to Article 38 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Fines and Forfeitures",

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.
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