SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          313

lish a formula based on the recommendations of the Charles County
Volunteer Rescue Squad Association. Once established said formula
shall be subjected to annual review and revised by mutual agree-
ment with the Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners and the
Charles County Volunteer Rescue Squad Association.

(b)    Payment. The County Commissioners of Charles County are
hereby authorized and directed to pay from the General Funds

of Charles County the necessary sums of monies to fulfill the require-

ments of subsection (a) of this section SUMS OF MONEY FOR
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE VARIOUS RESCUE
SQUADS OF THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SHALL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE
AMOUNT PAYABLE TO EACH RESCUE SQUAD, USING THE
FORMULA OF THE BOARD OF FIRE AND RESCUE COMMIS-
SIONERS AS A GUIDELINE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAKE ANY PAYMENT TO ANY
RESCUE SQUAD WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE RECOMMEN-
DATION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE AND RESCUE COMMIS-
SIONERS, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SUMS OF MONEY
APPROPRIATED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1968-1969 BE LESS THAN
$50,000.00. Such monies shall be paid on July 1 of each year com-
mencing July 1, 1968.

(c)    Budget. The Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners shall
advise the County Commissioners of the sums of monies necessary
to fulfill the requirements of subsection (a) of this section by April
1 of each year.

(d)    Inspection; new rescue squads. The Charles County Volun-
teer Rescue Squad Association shall, at least once each calendar
year, conduct an inspection by a duly appointed committee of the
Association to ascertain whether each rescue squad's equipment and
apparatus complies with the standards of the Association. The
Association shall on or before the first day of December of each
year, submit a report in writing to the County Commissioners, stat-
ing whether each squad meets or fails to meet the standards of the
Association. After June 1, 1965, no new volunteer rescue squads
shall be formed without the express consent and approval of the
Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners and the Board of County
Commissioners of Charles County.

(e)    Reports. On or before February 1 of each year each rescue
squad to which money is paid by the County Commissioners of
Charles County shall submit a certified financial statement of its
operations for the previous annual year to the Board of Fire and
Rescue Commissioners via the Charles County Volunteer Rescue
Squad Association. The statement shall include the number and
type of emergency calls answered by the squad, the number of
miles involved in such calls, and the actual purchases and operat-
ing costs of vehicles, equipment, and housing of that squad.

(f)    Compliance with standards. In the event any one of the
rescue squads in the County fails to comply with the standards of
the Association, then the funds allocated to that squad by the County
Commissioners shall be withheld until the squad has complied with
the standards of the Association. In the event any squad does not
comply with the standards within six (6) months from the date