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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

urer or financial officer, and counsellor and alder-

men of the city, are hereby directed and required to

retain free said sums in the treasury for the pur-

poses aforesaid.

SUB-SECTION D. Said orders of the President of the

Board of Police Commissioners, for the payment of

Receivable for
city taxes.

the police, shall be receivable in payment of all city

taxes; and the collector of said city, or person

authorized to receive and collect the taxes thereof,

is authorized and required to receive the same as

money, and shall be entitled to return the same as

money, and shall be entitled to return the same to

the mayor, counsellor and aldermen of said city, and

receive credit therefore as money.

SUB-SECTION E. The chief of police shall be vested

Vested with

with all the power and authority of a city constable,

for maintaining and preserving the peace and good

order of the city, and shall see to the observance of

the laws of said city, and acts of Assembly relating

to the same ; and in addition to the powers 'already

conferred upon him, he shall be required, as chief

of police, to direct the duties of the city constable,

to exercise a vigilant supervision over them, and to

report to the Board of Police Commissioners any

neglect of duty on their part which he may observe,

or which may be reported to him ; he shall be the

head of the police, and have entire control of it, and

of all persons at any time employed in it subject to

the authority of the Board of Police Commissioners;

and he may at any time, with the approval of the

Hake rules and

Board of Police Commissioners, make rules and

regulations

regulations for the government of the police, not in-

consistent with the provisions of this code ; he shall

also report in writing to each monthly meeting of

the corporation, a statement of all violations of the

city laws that occurred during the preceding month,

the number and names of all parties arrested, and

the offences for which they were arrested, as well as

the number and names of parties tried, and the issue

of said trials, the disposition made of all fines im-

posed, and such other facts as in the discharge of the
duties of his office he may deem necessary, and cal-

culated to effect the subject of this section.