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to be raised for the ensuing year to maintain, equip and operate the fire
department, and shall thereupon certify the same to the council, together
with its proposed operating and capital budget no later than February 15
of each year; the council levy shall produce an amount that may appear to
them as sufficient for the purposes, provided that the council shall not levy
such tax at a rate which would produce less than the amount so certified
by the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., as necessary to main-
tain, equip and operate the fire department, without a previous public
hearing to determine the necessity of any proposed reduction of the amount
so certified by the fire department. The proceeds of such tax shall be paid
annually, in installments every sixty days, to the Burtonsville Volunteer
Fire Department, Inc., or its successor, upon the treasurer of the fire de-
partment giving a bond to the county, to be approved by the county man-
ager and the county attorney in a penal sum to be fixed by them, conditioned
upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the treasurer. From the funds
so received, the treasurer shall pay only such costs, expenses, claims and
demands as are necessary and proper to maintain, equip and operate such
fire department, and upon demand of the council, the county manager or
the director of finance, he shall report all expenditures from the funds."

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on the 76th day following its
enactment.

Chapter 9
(Bill No. 7-69)

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 36-2,
Chapter 36, title "Hyattstown," of the Montgomery County Code 1965,
to eliminate the maximum authorized tax rate and to state a time in
which the Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., must certify
their operating and capital budget requests to the County Council.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County,
Maryland, that—

Section 1. Section 36-2, Chapter 36, title "Hyattstown," of the Mont-
gomery County Code 1965, is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

"Sec. 36-2. Annual levy; treasurer's duties; bond.

"The council is hereby authorized and empowered, for the fiscal year
1950-51 and each fiscal year thereafter, to levy annually against all the real
and personal property assessed for county tax purposes within the area
described in Section 36-1 of this Code, a tax at a rate on each one hundred
dollars of the assessed value of the property, which shall be determined,
levied, collected and paid over in the following manner: The Hyattstown
Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., shall determine the amount necessary to
be raised for the ensuing year to maintain, equip and operate the fire
department, and shall thereupon certify the same to the council, together
with its proposed operating and capital budget no later than February 15
of each year; the council levy shall produce an amount that may appear to
them as sufficient for the purposes, provided that the council shall not levy
such tax at a rate which would produce less than the amount so certified by
the Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., as necessary to main-
tain, equip and operate the fire department, without a previous public