by this office. They were appointed at grades and titles established by the Merit Board pursuant to Chapter III of the Merit System Rules and Regulations and at salaries set by the County Commissioners on recommendation of the Merit Board pursuant to Chapter IV of such Rules and Regulations.
"The Merit Board has not established positions of Lieutenant or Captain in the Fire Protection Department; the County Commissioners have set no salary scales for Lieutenant or Captain in such department; no standards for Lieutenant or Captain have been set out by the Merit Board; Messrs. Schultz and Gover have not been examined by this office and have not been certified by the Personnel Director as meeting standards for Lieutenant or Captain.
"Section 1 of Chapter XV of the Merit SystemSeptember 3. The motion was supported by an affidavit of Schultz and Gover on September 25 and by a Supplemental Affidavit on October 14. In addition to the facts already stated, it was stipulated in open court (and also substantially appears in the affidavits) that (1) Schultz and Gover were both volunteer firemen at Clinton as well as paid men and that they were formerly on the Clinton Board of Directors but withdrew from any directorship prior to entering into the contracts of December 16, 1968, and (2) in Prince George's County there are two classes of paid employees, i.e., (a) contract men who are paid from the taxes due the individual fire tax district and (b) county men who are paid from the special fire tax, denominated