MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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members of the Betterton Volunteer Fire Company shall be
limited to [fifty active] 50 members, and the active
members of each of the volunteer fire companies of Kent
County shall be limited to [forty active] 40 members, and
that any rescue squad in Kent County shall be limited to
a maximum of [twenty—five] 25 members and the [active]
members of each of the volunteer fire companies in Howard
County shall be limited as follows: Company 1, Elkridge;
Company 2, Ellicott City; Company 3, West Friendship;
Company 4, Lisbon, 50 members each; Company 5,
Clarksville, 75 members; Company 6, Savage, 60 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
percent 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 577
(Senate Bill 310)

AN ACT concerning

Noise Control — Exemption for Firehouse Sirens

FOR the purpose of exempting firehouse sirens from
environmental noise control; and clarifying
language.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 830(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)