1788                            Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 637

"Application of Article; Extra-Hazardous Employments," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

34.

(c) The county commissioners of Kent County and County
Council of Howard County shall secure compensation to volunteer
firemen [in case of death,] or to their dependents in case of death OF
SUCH FIREMEN, by insuring the payment of such compensation in
the State Accident Fund or in any private stock corporation or mutual
association authorized to provide such insurance. The County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County and the County Council of Anne
Arundel County shall secure compensation to volunteer firemen, or to
their dependents in case of death, by insuring the payment of such
compensation in the State Accident Fund or in any private stock com-
pany or mutual association licensed to provide such insurance. The
County Commissioners of Kent County shall annually levy upon the
assessable property of Kent County a tax sufficient to pay for such
insurance. The County [Commissioners] Council of Howard County
shall annually levy upon the assessable property of Howard County
a tax sufficient to pay for such insurance. Provided, however, that
the active members of the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company
shall be limited to seventy-five members, the active members of
the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company shall be limited to sixty ac-
tive members, the active members of the Betterton Volunteer Fire
Company shall be limited to fifty active members, and the active
members of each of the volunteer fire companies of Kent County
shall be limited to forty active members, and that any rescue squad
in Kent County shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-five mem-
bers and the active members of each of the volunteer fire companies
in Howard County shall be limited to seventy-five active members,
and only active members shall be covered by the provisions of this
section. The County Commissioners of Prince George's County shall
pay 40 percent of the cost of such insurance to each volunteer
fire company or volunteer rescue squad company and the volunteer
fire company or volunteer rescue squad company shall pay 60 per-
cent of the cost of said insurance; and the County Commissioners
of Prince George's County shall annually levy upon the assessable
property of Prince George's County a tax sufficient to pay for such
portion of the cost of such insurance.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the mem-
bers elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 5, 1970

CHAPTER 637
(House Bill 1339)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 30A of
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement