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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall expire as designated above, his successor shall be
appointed for two years, subject to the foregoing provisions
and limitations. Before entering- upon the duties of his office
each member of the said Board of Police Examiners shall take
and subscribe before the Judge of the Superior Court of the
City of Baltimore, or the clerk thereof, the oath or affirmation
prescribed by the sixth Section of the first Article of the Con-
stitution, and the further oath or affirmation that in every
nomination to the Board of Police Commissioners for Balti-
more City of any person for appointment as police officer,
officer of police, or detective, for promotion, they will in no
case and under no pretext make such nomination for or on
account of the religious or political opinions or affiliations of
the person nominated by them, or for any other cause or
reason than the fitness of such person in the best judgment of
said Board of Police Examiners for the place to which he
shall be nominated; and said oath or affirmation shall be
recorded and preserved among the records of said court.

Election of
Officers and
Compensation

745B. The said Board of Police Examiners may elect one
of its members to be president, and may employ a secretary,
who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. The
secretary shall receive a salary of $1,200 dollars per annum,
payable monthly, and his duties shall be such as may be pre-
scribed from time to time by said Board of Police Examiners.

Accommoda-
tions.

745C. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to cause suitable rooms and accommodations to
be assigned or provided, and to be furnished, heated and
lighted, in the City of Baltimore, for carrying on the work
and examinations of the said Board of Police Examiners; and
said Board may order the necessary stationery, postage
stamps, official seal and other articles to be supplied, and the
necessary printing to be done for its official use.

Rules and reg-
ulations.

745D. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Police
Examiners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered
to prescribe, amend and enforce definite and uniform rules
and regulations for carrying this Act into effect, which rules
and regulations, when adopted and promulgated, shall have
the effect of law, and to ascertain the qualifications by com-
petitive examination of every candidate for appointment to or
promotion in the police force, created and organized under
existing law for the City of Baltimore, except the marshal of
police and captain of detectives, counsel and police sur-
geons, and to report to the Board of Police Commissioners for
the City of Baltimore graded lists of those persons whom they