JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 549

more county, be and they are hereby authorized and
required to appoint such number of policemen as	Appoint police- men
they may deem necessary, for the better protection
of persons and property in Baltimore county, the
number not to exceed thirty at any one time, and to
designate such number of said policemen as they
may deem advisable, not exceeding five, as chief
policemen, and shall equip and arm said police force,
and make such rules and regulations for their proper
government and discipline as they may deem best
to promote the efficiency of the same.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty	Duty of said
of said policemen at all times of the day and night,	policemen
to preserve the public peace, prevent crime and
protect the rights of persons and property, see that
all laws relating to the observance of Sunday, and
regarding gambling, intemperance, vagrants, dis- orderly persons, and the public health are enforced ;
and to arrest all offenders against the laws of the
State; and to take such offenders to the nearest
justice of the peace for said county.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the pay of each
policemen shall be two dollars per day, except such	Pay of each
police as may be mounted : and mounted policemen
shall furnish their own horses, trappings, equipments
and forage for horses, and the pay of the mounted
policemen shall be three dollars per day ; all pay rolls
to be made out and certified as required by the said
County Commissioners.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Baltimore County shall levy annually,
a sum sufficient to pay said policemen and all necessary	Shall levy
and proper expenses, not to exceed the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars in any one levy.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11th, 1874.