officers of police, policemen and detectives ap-
pointed under this Act, to execute any and all
warrants and commitments which the said Justices
may issue and direct to them.

Sec. 812. It shall be the duty of the Board of
Police Commissioners aforesaid immediately to
estimate and annually thereafter, what sum of
money will be necessary for each current fiscal
year to enable them to discharge the duty hereby
imposed on them, and they shall forthwith certify
the same to the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, who are hereby required, without delay,
specifically to assess and levy such amount as shall
be sufficient to raise the same clear of all expenses
and discounts, upon all the assessable property in
the City of Baltimore, and to cause the same to be
collected as all other city taxes, and it is hereby
made the duty of the Collector of the City of Bal-
timore, and he is hereby requested to collect said
tax, to be denominated the Police Tax, and the
said Board of Police Commissioners, upon and
after qualifying as such, are hereby authorized to
make requisitions from time to time, upon the
Comptroller of the City of Baltimore, or other
proper disbursing officer or officers of the corpora-
tion for such sums of money as they may from
time to time deem necessary for the purpose of car-
rying out the objects and intentions of this Act,

To estimate
the sum neces-
sary.

provided, the same shall not exceed in any year
the amount so as aforesaid, certified or which may
thereafter be certified for that year, to the Mayor
and City Council aforesaid, and in case the said
disbursing officer or officers shall not forthwith pay
over the amount of each requisition as made it
shall be the duty of the said Board, and they are
hereby authorized and required, to issue certificates
of indebtedness, in the name of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, in such sums as they
may deem advisable for the amount of such requi-
sitions respectively, bearing interest at six per
cent. per annum, payable at not more than twelve
months after date, and signed by a majority of
said Board, and to raise the money on said certifi-
cates by pledging or disposing of the same; which
certificates shall be receivable at par in payment of
city taxes, and be as binding on said. corporation,

Proviso.