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and together with the proceeds of all fines, forfeitures, penalties,
and unclaimed property which may come to the possession of
the board, or be recovered by them under the provisions of this
article or any other law, shall form a fund, which the board
may apply towards the allowances to policemen and officers of
police, and their families, as hereinbefore authorized, and for
extra pay to such members of the force as by gallantry and good
conduct on extraordinary occasions may be judged to merit it.

815*. The said board shall be, and they are hereby, authorized
to provide themselves with such office, and office furniture and
other things, and such clerks and other subordinates, as they
may need, and to have and use a common seal: they shall divide
the city into the needful number of police districts, and provide,
if necessary, in each of them a station house or houses, with all
things and attendants required for the same, and all such other
accommodations as may be requisite for the police; the said
board, for the purposes of this article, shall have the use of the
fire-alarm and police telegraph in. said city, and of all station
houses, watch boxes, arms, accoutrements, and other accommo-
dations and things provided by the mayor and city council of
Baltimore, for the use and service of the police created by said
mayor and city council, as fully and to the same extent as the
same are now or may be used by or for the said city police,
and the said mayor and city council, and all persons and muni-
cipal officers in charge thereof, are hereby ordered and required
to allow such use accordingly; in case the said mayor and city
council, or its officers or agents, refuse or neglect to allow such
use as and when the same shall be required by said board, the
said board may apply to the Superior Court of Baltimore city,
in the name of the State, for a mandamus, to compel a com-
pliance with the provisions of this section, and the application
therefor shall be heard and decided by the court. One week's
notice of the application shall be given, and the respondent
or respondents shall have the right to answer within the week;

and if testimony be needed on either side, the same shall be
taken within ten days after the answer is filed or the said week
shall have expired; from the decision of the Superior Court
in the premises either party may appeal within ten days, and
it shall be the. duty of the clerk to send up the record imme-
diately, and the appeal shall be heard by the Court of Appeals
if then in session, and if not in session, at the next term. In
both courts the case shall be taken up and tried in preference to
all others.