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such outrage whenever they may be attempted, and to arrest
the offenders; Provided, however, that if any crime be actually
committed by such persons, the offenders shall be delivered to
the proper jurisdiction, for trial and punishment; any person
charged with the commission of crime in the city of Baltimore,
and against whom criminal process shall have issued, may be
arrested upon the same in any part of this State by the police
force created by this article, under such rules and regulations as
the Board of Police may adopt; and the said board shall have
power to administer oaths or affirmations, in the premises, to
any persons appearing or called before them, and shall also have
the power of administering oaths or affirmations, and summoning
witnesses before them, whenever it may be necessary for the
more effectual discharge of their duties.

809*. To enable the said board to perform the duties imposed
on them, they are hereby authorized and required, as speedily
as may be, to appoint, enroll and employ a permanent police
force for the city of Baltimore, which they shall equip and arm
as they shall judge necessary; the number of policemen to be
so appointed and employed, exclusively of officers, shall, at the
first organization, be three hundred and fifty, with power, how-
ever, to reduce that number or increase it to not more than four
hundred and fifty, as experience may warrant; Provided, how-
ever, that for extraordinary emergencies, the board may raise
such additional force as the exigency may, in their judgment,
demand; no person shall be appointed or employed either as
policeman or officer of police, who shall have been convicted of,
or against whom any indictment may be pending for, any
offence, the punishment of which may be confinement in the
penitentiary; and among the necessary qualifications for such
appointment and employment, shall be citizenship of the United
States, ability to read and write, good character, and physical
strength and courage; Provided, also, that no Black Eepnblican,
or endorser or supporter of the Helper Book, shall be appointed
to any office under said board. The policemen shall be em-
ployed to serve for five years, and be subject to removal only
for cause, after a hearing by the board, who are hereby invested
with exclusive jurisdiction in the premises; any policeman whose
term of service shall expire, and who, during his employment,
shall have faithfully performed his duty, shall, if otherwise
qualified, be preferred by the board in making their new appoint-
ments.