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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 Hyattstown Volunteer
Fire Department, Inc., or its successor, upon the treasurer of the fire
department giving a bond to the county, to be approved by the county
manager and the county attorney in a penal sum to be fixed by them, con-
ditioned 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 the fire department and upon demand of either the council, 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 10
(Bill No. 8-69)

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 31-1 (a)
and (b), Chapter 31, title "Chevy Chase," of the Montgomery County
Code 1965, to eliminate the maximum authorized tax rate and to
state a time in which the Chevy Chase 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 31-1 (a) and (b), Chapter 31, title "Chevy Chase,"
of the Montgomery County Code 1965, is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Sec. 31-1. Area defined; annual levy; treasurer's duties and bond; retire-
ment of employees.

"(a) For the purpose of providing funds with which to establish,
maintain and operate a fire department within the area in the Seventh
Election District in the county, particularly designated and described, and
lying and being within the bounds, courses and distances as follows:
Beginning for the same at a point where the center line of Wisconsin
Avenue intersects the northwestern boundary of the District of Columbia;
thence with the boundary of the District of Columbia, northeast to a point
where the said boundary intersects Rock Creek, following the meanders
thereof, in a northwesterly direction, to the point where the easterly line
of the Charles C. Bohrer property intersects Rock Creek, the said property
being the certain tract of land particularly designated and described in a
deed recorded in the Land Records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in
Liber J. A. 46 at Folio 38, the above described point being where the bound-
ary of the Bethesda Fire Department taxing area leaves Rock Creek;
thence in a southwesterly direction and with the easterly line of the said
Charles C. Bohrer property to the northeast corner of the M. E. Coolidge
property; thence with the easterly line of the said M. E. Coolidge property
and across the public road known as the Jones Bridge Road to the northerly
line of the property of the Columbia Country Club; thence following the
boundaries of the said Columbia Country Club in a clockwise direction to