JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

may deem qualified for such appointment or promotion, from
which graded lists all nominations for appointments to or pro-
motion in said police force shall hereafter be made by said
Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Baltimore.
All such nominations for appointment to or promotion in said
police force, shall be made in the order in which the names of
the nominees appear upon such graded lists. In the prepara-
tion of the graded lists, the said Board of Police Examiners
shall ascertain by open competitive examinations the relative
qualifications of the respective candidates for appointment or
promotion, and shall place the names of the accepted candi-
dates upon said graded lists in the order of their relative
qualifications, so ascertained by such competitive examina-
tions. The examinations shall be public and practical in
character, and shall relate to those matters which shall fairly
test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons to dis-
charge the duties of the position in the said police force to
which they desire appointment or in which they seek promo-
tion, including their past record on the force. The graded
lists shall always be open to the inspection of the public.

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745E Intending competitors for appointment to said police
or for promotion therein shall file in the office of said Board
of Police Examiners, a reasonable length of time before the
date of any examination, a formal application, in which the
applicant shall state under oath:

ist. His full name and residence.
2d. His age, the place and date of his birth.

3d. His health and physical capacity for the position to
which he aspires.

4th. If an applicant for appointment, his business or
employment, and residence for at least the previous three years.

5th. Such other information as may reasonably be required
touching the applicant's merit and fitness for service on or
promotion in the said police force.

Blank forms for such applications shall be furnished by the
said Board of Police Examiners, without charge, to all per-
sons requesting the same. The applicant shall file with the
said Board of Police Examiners, in connection with his appli-

Applicant's
Statement.

cation, such certificates of citizens, physicians, public officers
or others having knowledge of the applicant, as the good of
the service may require. The said Board of Police Exami-
ners shall refuse to examine an applicant, or after an exami-
nation to certify an eligible, who is found to lack any of the

Character of
Applicants.