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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 367.

AN ACT to repeal Section 192 of Article 22 of the Code of

Public Local Laws, title "Washington County," sub-title

"Hagerstown," as amended by the Acts of 1900, Chapter

391, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 192 of Article 22 of the Code of Public

Hagerstown.

Local Laws, title "Washington County," sub-title "Hagers-

Md.

town," as amended by the Acts of 1900, Chapter 391, be and the

same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so

as to read as follows :

Appointment

192. The Board of Street Commissioners shall appoint reg-

of police and
their salarie

ular policemen, not exceeding ten, and the said Street Commis-

sioners shall designate one of the number as "Chief" or "Cap-

tain," and another as "Lieutenant." The said policemen shall

serve under such regulations and for such compensation as the

Board of Street Commissioners may direct ; such compensa-

tion, however, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five dollars

per month and not less than forty dollars per month, and said

policemen shall be subject to removal for cause; they shall have

power to appoint special policemen if in their judgment the

exigencies of the town shall require it; provided, however,

that the term of appointment of such special policemen shall

not exceed a period of six days. The fire marshal and assist-

ant fire marshals provided for by ordinance of the Mayor and

Council of Hagerstown, for the more effectual discharge of

their duties and the protection of property, shall, during the time

of fires, have all the powers of a policeman of the town of

Fire Marshal

Hagerstown, and said fire marshal and assistant marshals shall

take the oath prescribed for policemen of said town and shall

serve without pay.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.