JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

for any lawyer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
on conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars,
or be imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, for not less
than thirty days.

Approved February 26, 1900.

CHAPTER 15.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 740 and 741 of Article 4, Public
Local Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore, sub-title "Police
Commissioners," as amended and re-enacted by Chapter
one hundred and twenty-three of the Acts of 1898, and to
re-enact the same with amendments.

11

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 740 and 741 of Article 4, Public Local
Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Police Com-
missioners, as amended and re-enacted by the Act of 1898,
Chapter one hundred and twenty-three, be repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

740. There shall be appointed by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, three sober and
discreet persons, who shall have been registered voters in the
City of Baltimore for three consecutive years next preceding
the day of their appointment, who shall be known as the
Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Baltimore; two
of said commissioners shall always be adherents of the two
leading political parties in the State, one of each of said

Repeal.
Police Com-
missioners.

parties. Any of said commissioners shall be subject to removal
by the Governor for official misconduct or incompetency, in
the manner provided by law in the case of other civil officers.
Each of said commissioners shall be appointed for two years,
and their term of office shall commence on the first Monday
of May next ensuing their appointment, and they shall hold
office until their respective successors are appointed and
qualified; each of said commissioners shall receive a salary of
twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly.
None of said commissioners shall be eligible to an elective
or appointed office during the term for which he was
appointed, except under the militia laws of the State, or
where the qualifications for such office are prescribed by the

Organization
of Force.