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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

persons a commission for such period as they may deem
proper, to be recorded in the office of the secretary of said
board, and revocable at the pleasure of the board.

Policemen
shall make
oath.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That every such policeman, before
entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe
before the secretary of the Board of Police Commissioners the
oath or affirmation prescribed by the Sixth Section of the First
Article of the Constitution, to be recorded in said office.

powers of the
police.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, Every policeman who has been
thus qualified shall be a conservator of the peace, possessing
throughout the corporate limits of the City of Baltimore all
the common law and statutary police powers and authority of
constables, policemen and other peace officers.

Compensation

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the compensation of every
such officer shall be paid by the said Association, and he
shall not be entitled to any public compensation.

Power to
adopt by-laws,
rules, etc.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the directors of said cor-
poration shall have full power to adopt such by-laws, rules
and regulations for the direction and management of said cor-
poration as may, in their judgment, be necessary for the
purpose of their incorporation, not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this charter and the laws and Constitution of this
State; and the president and directors of said corporation, or
a majority of them, shall constitute, appoint and employ such
officers, agents and servants for the transaction of all business-
of said corporation, with full power to fix their compensation
and to remove them at pleasure.

Notice given
of increase of
capital stock.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That should such president and
directors determine to increase the capital stock of said cor-
poration, as authorized in the second section of this Act, they,
or a majority of them, shall give the same notice of the time
and place of subscribing such additional stock, as is provided
in Section three of this Act, preliminary to the election of a
president and directors.

How subscrip-
tions made.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That upon every subscription of
said stock whether under Section two or Section eleven of this,
Act, there shall be paid to the incorporators or their agents
the sum of one dollar on each and every share subscribed, and
the residue shall be paid in such instalments and at such
times as the president and directors shall prescribe and require;
and if any subscriber shall neglect to pay any instalment for
the space of thirty days after the same shall be due and pay-
able, the stock on which it is due and demandable shall, at