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Shall be liable
May appoint
special police
To qualify.
Oath.
In force.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
140. That the police, appointed as aforesaid, shall
be liable for presentment and indictment in the Cir-
cuit Court for Washington county, for any official
misconduct as police, and, on conviction, shall be
fined not less than twenty dollars, nor more than
one hundred dollars, the one-half to be paid to the
informer (if there be one) and the other half to the
Treasurer of Hagerstown, for the use of said town,
and in default of payment be confined in the county
jail for not less than one and not more than three
months.
141. That the Mayor, when necessary, may ap-
point special police for said town, not to act for more
than one day; and every person resisting the au-
thority of the regular or special police, shall be liable
to conviction and punishment in the same manner,
and to the same extent, as if resisting a constable.
142. That before any of said police, regular or
special, shall act as such, he shall take and subscribe
the following oath before the Mayor: "I, ———— do
swear or affirm, in due form of law, that I will, to
the best of my ability, discharge the duties of police
of Hagerstown, without fear, favor or partiality;
which oath shall be preserved among the regular
proceedings of the Mayor and Council.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That tills Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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Additional
section.
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CHAPTER 423.
AN ACT to add an additional section to article
thirty, of the Code of Public General Laws, re-
relating to " Crimes and Punishments," under the
sub-heading " Embezzling property and writings."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following section be added to
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