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the said oaths or affirmations shall be recorded, and preserved
among the records of said court; one of their own number shall
from'time to time be appointed by said commissioners treasurer
of the Board of Police, and his appointment, when made, shall
be certified to the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city,
under the seal of said board; the said treasurer shall hold his
office for such term as may be designated by the commissioners,
who may remove him at pleasure, and shall be entitled to addi-
tional compensation, at the rate of five hundred dollars per
annum, for acting in that capacity; before he enters on the
duties of his office .of treasurer, he shall give bond to the State
of Maryland, with one or more sureties, in the penalty of fifty
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his
duties as treasurer of the Board of Police, and for the faithful
application and payment over, pursuant to the order and direc-
tions of said board, of all moneys which may come to his hands
as such treasurer; the bond of the treasurer shall be approved
by the judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, and be
kept and recorded by the clerk of said court in the office thereof,
together with the certificate of his appointment as aforesaid; a
majority of the Board of Police shall constitute a quorum; and
the failure or refusal of the mayor, or acting mayor, of the
city of Baltimore to qualify or act hereunder, shall in no wise
impair the right or duty of said commissioners to organize and
proceed as herein provided; in case a vacancy shall happen
among the commissioners during the recess of the Legislature,
it shall be filled by the remaining commissioners or a majority
of them, the appointment so made to continue till the appoint-
ment and qualification of some person for said vacancy, which ap-
pointment shall be made by the General Assembly on joint ballot,
at the next regular session of the Legislature; and the General
Assembly shall also in like manner appoint commissioners to
succeed those whose term of service shall expire, such appoint-
ment to be made at the session of the Legislature immediately
preceding such expiration; any one of said commissioners who,
during his term of office/ shall accept any other place of public
trust or emolument, or who, during the same period, shall know-
ingly receive any nomination for an office elective by the people,
without publicly declining the same within twenty days succeed-
ing said nomination, shall be deemed to have thereby vacated
his office; for official misconduct, any of the said commissioners
may be removed by a concurrent vote of the two houses of the
General Assembly.