1314                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 745

Public Local Laws of Charles County (1959 Edition, being Article
9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Charles
County," subtitle "Land Records," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 169 thereof, and to read as follows:

169A.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Charles County shall not accept
for inclusion among the Land Records of Charles County any deed,
assignment, mortgage, deed of trust or other document concerning
real property unless such instrument has been prepared by an at-
torney, duly admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of Mary-
land, or by an employee of such attorney or by one of the parties
named in the instrument.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 745
(House Bill 813)

AN ACT to repeal subsection 32-18 of the Code of Public Local Laws
for Prince George's County and to enact a new subsection 32-18 to
stand in lieu thereof, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County," sub-title "Fire
Companies," providing authority for an additional fire tax up to
ten cents (l0¢) upon each one hundred dollars of assessed valua-
tion of real and personal property assessed for County tax purposes
in Prince George's County, except the area of said County within
the limits of the City of Takoma Park, and to provide that such
tax shall be Used by the Board of County Commissioners for Prince
George's County to hire paid firemen who shall be County em-
ployees at salaries determined under the Merit System for Prince
George's County and who shall be assigned to work at such volun-
teer Fire Companies that request the service of said firemen and
that the Board of County Commissioners determine to be neces-
sary in the best interests of the County as a whole; , PROVIDED
THAT AT LEAST TWO PAID FIREMEN SHALL BE AS-
SIGNED TO EACH FIRE COMPANY; and further provides
PROVIDING that the Board may expand EXPEND such tax
funds for the acquisition or leasing of land or facilities and equip-
ment or services as the Board of County Commissioners believe

to be in the best interest of the County for the protection of its

citizens from fire hazards AND TRAINING FACILITIES, AND
SUPPLEMENTING BUDGETS OF FIRE COMPANIES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section 32-18 of the Code of Public Local Laws for Prince
George's County, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Prince George's County," sub-title "Fire Com-
panies," as enacted in Chapter 437 of the Acts of 1965 is hereby
repealed and a new subsection 32-18 is hereby enacted to stand
in lieu thereof and to read as follows: