WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 47

1979 1980	1981
$7,500 $9,000	$10,500
6,500 8,000	9,500
6,000 7,500	9,000
6,000 7,500	9,000
6,000 7,000	8,000
5,500 6,500	7,500
5,500 6,500	7,500
5,500 6,500	7,500
5,500 7,000	8,500
5,500 7,000	8,500
5,500 7,000	8,500
5,500 7,000	8,500
5,500 6,500	7,500
5,500 7,000	8,500

(4)  Each company shall comply with the bylaws of the
Volunteer Fire Companies Association of Dorchester County, and a
payment may not be made to a company unless it is complying with
these bylaws.

(5)  The County Commissioners of Dorchester County
shall levy for each of the years 1979, 1980, and 1981 on the
assessable property of Dorchester County the amounts to be paid
to the several volunteer fire companies as determined by the
County Commissioners in accordance with this subsection. Before
the County Commissioners are required to pay these moneys to the
respective fire companies, the Commissioners may require the
officers of the fire companies to appear before them and show to
the satisfaction of the Commissioners that any sums of money paid
by the Commissioners to the fire companies under this subsection
in prior years have been expended for the purposes set forth in
this subsection and also that the fire companies are active
fire-fighting organizations. If any of the fire companies ceases
to remain an active fire-fighting organization or has not used
the moneys appropriated to them for the sole purposes set forth
in this subsection, the County Commissioners shall allocate the
unexpended funds to the contingent fund of Dorchester County.

(6)  The minimum amounts to be paid and distributed to
the volunteer fire companies in Dorchester County for the year
1981 shall also apply to 1982 and subsequent years unless they
are increased by an act of the General Assembly or by the
Dorchester County Commissioners. The provision for levying
amounts to be paid to the fire companies shall also apply to 1982
and subsequent years. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL SPECIFY THE
AMOUNT TO BE RECEIVED BY ELLIOTTS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.

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Dorchester County, and it shall be distributed to the several
fire companies of Dorchester County in at least the following

amounts:

Cambridge

Hurlock

Secretary

Vienna

East New Market

Eldorado

Neck

Lloyds

Lakes & Straits

Church Creek

Madison

Hoopers Island

Linkwood-Salem

Taylors Island

ELLIOTTS