Ch. 227

LAWS OF MARYLAND

equivalent to five cents ($.05) per hundred dollars of assessed
valuation of taxable property within the county for the purpose
of assisting in the maintenance and operation of nine volunteer
fire companies in Cecil County. Of this sum thirty-six thousand
six hundred dollars ($36,600[.00]) shall be allocated among the
nine volunteer fire companies in the amounts listed below. The
amount remaining after deducting the thirty-six thousand six
hundred dollars ($36,600[.00]) shall be allocated among the nine
volunteer fire companies in the exact proportion which the
assessed valuation of taxable property within the district served
by each volunteer fire company bears to the assessed valuation of
taxable property within the county. The district served by each
volunteer fire company shall be determined by the Mutual Fire Aid
Association of Cecil County and the assessed valuation of taxable
property within each district shall be certified by the
supervisor of assessments for Cecil County based on the date of
finality prior to the fiscal year in which the distribution is to
be made. In order to be eligible for any of the funds provided
for in this section, each of the nine volunteer fire companies
named herein shall meet the minimum specifications and standards
approved by the Mutual Fire Aid Association of Cecil County.

Cecilton Fire Company, Inc., $3,100. Hack's Point Fire
Company, $2,400. Charlestown Fire Company, Inc., $3,000 and
$1,000[.00] for the ambulance. Chesapeake City Fire Company,
$3,200 and $1,000 for the ambulance. Singerly Fire Company of
Elkton, $4,200 for operation and maintenance and $1,000 for the
ambulance. North East Fire Company, $3,600 and $1,000 for the
ambulance. Community Fire Company of Perryville, $2,900 and
$1,000 for the ambulance. Water Witch Fire Company at Port
Deposit, $3,600 and $1,000 for the ambulance. Rising Sun Fire
Company, $3,600 and $1,000 for the ambulance.

The levy shall be made June 1st and the sum of money to be
paid by the BOARD OF county commissioners to each volunteer fire
company shall be paid on or before September 1st of the fiscal
year for which levied. Each volunteer fire company shall file,
annually, with the [county commissioners] BOARD, a statement of
the fair value of their respective fire fighting apparatus .and
ambulance and a statement of the number of fires to which their
respective company was called, the estimated value of the
property in which the fires occurred, and the estimated loss to
the property caused by the fires.

[For the fiscal year 1969-1970 the County Commissioners of
Cecil County are directed to levy on the assessable property in
Cecil County the sum of thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars
($36,600.00) for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance and
operation of the nine volunteer fire companies in Cecil County.
This sum shall be allocated among the volunteer fire companies in
the fixed amounts indicated above. Each volunteer fire company
shall comply with all the provisions of this section in order to
receive its funds in fiscal year 1969-1970.]

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