838 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 568]

been thoroughly examined by them, and that he is incapable
of performing active police duty; and it shall be the duty of
any such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey
so retired to perform such police duties, and at such times as
the Board of Police Commissioners shall deem proper, said
terms of service not to exceed seven days during any year, and
for such services no extra compensation shall be allowed by said
board; and the said Board of Police Commissioners shall have
the power, in their discretion, to suspend payment to any such
officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey for a
term not to exceed three months for the first offense; for the
second oifense for a term not to exceed six months, and for the
third offense any such officer of police, policeman, detective,
clerk or turnkey shall be subject to dismissal, upon proof that
the said officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey
is living an improper or immoral life.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be
construed to mean that at all times hereafter the remuneration
of every retired member of the police force of Baltimore City
shall be one-half the remuneration or pay of those members of
the police force in active service occupying a grade or rank
similar to the grade or rank occupied by the retired member
at the time of his retirement, and that whenever the remunera-
tion for any of the grades or ranks of the active members of the
police department are increased, the remuneration of those
retired members of the police department who held the same
grade or rank at the time of their retirement that the increased
pay applies to, then in that event the remuneration of the
retired member of that grade or rank shall be one-half of such
remuneration as the increase provides for, and no less.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts contrary to and inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 568.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 21 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Talbot County," sub-
title "County Commissioners," as amended by Chapter 291
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1892,
to follow section 31, and to be known as section 31A.