Board entered into a written contract with Clinton (the contract being signed on behalf of Clinton by its then President Gover) which provided the following:
"WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has been authorized by Chapter 745, Laws of Maryland, 1966, to enter into contracts with individual fire companies in Prince George's County, to employ more full-time paid firemen than authorized by the Board of County Commissioners and
"WHEREAS, Chapter 745 provides that firemen *460 so employed shall be paid by the Board of County Commissioners out of tax monies due the fire companies as provided by the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County and
"WHEREAS, Chapter 745 authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to withhold an amount of such tax monies equal to the amount of taxmonies paid to full-time paid firemen pursuant to contracts entered into between the Board of County Commissioners and the several individual fire companies and
"WHEREAS, all full-time paid firemen who meet the standards set out by the Prince George's County Merit Board and who are certified by the Personnel Director as meeting these standards, shall be county employees entitled to the provisions of the County Merit System whether paid from funds of the County or funds of volunteer fire companies and
"WHEREAS, all full-time paid firemen shall be entitled to be covered by social security, workmen's compensation, hospitalization insurance, a retirement system, uniform allowance, and wages and
"WHEREAS, all full-time paid firemen shall be governed by Chapter I, Rules, Regulations and Procedures for Paid Firefighters in Prince George's County, the Personnel