political opinions of such policeman, officer, de-
tective, or other person, or for any other cause or
reason than the fitness or unfitness of such person,
in the best judgment of said Commissioners for
the place to which he shall be appointed, or from
which he shall be moved, and the said oath or
affirmation shall be recorded and preserved among
the records of said Court.

SEC. 807. The Board of Police Commissioners,
on entering upon their duties as such, shall select
one of their number who shall be the President,
and one of their number who shall be the Treasu-
rer thereof, and in case a vacancy shall happen in
said Board during the recess of the General As-
sembly, it shall be filled by the Governor of the
State, which appointment shall continue until the
next Session of the General Assembly, which shall
proceed to fill said vacancy, and the General As-
sembly shall also in like manner elect by joint
ballot Commissioners to succeed those whose term
of service shall expire, such election to be had at
the regular Session of the General Assembly, im-
mediately preceding such expiration, and neither
of said Commissioners shall be eligible to an elec-
tive or appointed office during the term for which
he has been elected, except under the Militia Laws
of the State, and for any official misconduct on
the part of said Commissioners, the General As-
sembly if in Session, shall have power of removal,
and during the recess of the same the Governor
shall remove any of said Commissioners on convic-
tion for any felony before any Court of Law, and
shall appoint, a successor or successors to such
delinquent or delinquents, Commissioner or Com-
missioners so removed, to serve until the next
meeting of the General Assembly.

President and
Treasurer.

Sec. 808. The Board of Police Commissioners
immediately after organizing as aforesaid shall
select some suitable person to act as Clerk to the
Board, whose duty it shall be to keep minutes of
the proceedings of the Board, take charge, by di-
rection of the Board, of all property seized or found
by the police or detectives and to perform all cleri-
cal and property duties required of him by the
said Board; said Clerk shall enter into bond to
the State of Maryland in the same manner as

Clerk—and
his duties.