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and it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner to report to the Gen-
eral Assembly at each regular session, or as may hereafter be directed by
said General Assembly, the number and expense of the police force em-
ployed by him under this sub-division of this Article, and all such other
matters as may be of public interest in connection with the duties assigned
to him; and said books, journals and other documents, and the vouchers
for all payments by said Police Commissioner shall at all times be open
to the inspection of the Mayor and City Register, or either of them; and
it shall be the duty of the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore to examine
all bills and accounts presented by said Police Commissioner and the
vouchers therefor.

1910, ch. 230.

751A. That the Police Commissioner for Baltimore City be and he is
hereby authorized and required to report to the Governor annually, in
the month of January, the number and expense of the police force em-
ployed by him under this sub-division of this Article, and all such other
matters as may be of public interest in connection with the duties assigned
to him, instead of to the General Assembly as provided by Section 751
of Article 4 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "City of
Baltimore," sub-title "Police Commissioner."

752. Repealed by Act of 1922, ch. 507.

1867, ch. 367. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 734.

753. The said Police Commissioner is authorized and empowered,
whenever in his judgment the public peace and tranquility may require,
to order the closing temporarily of any and all bar rooms, bars, drinking
houses and liquor shops, and all other places where liquor is usually sold
in the City of Baltimore, and forbid the selling and furnishing of liquor
thereat; and any proprietor or keeper, or any other person for such pro-
prietor or keeper, of any such drinking house, place or places, as well as all
other places where liquor is usually sold, who shall refuse or fail to obey
such order of said Police Commissioner passed in pursuance thereof, or
who shall sell or furnish liquor from any such place or places, during such
period as said Commissioner shall so forbid, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor; and it shall be the duty of each and every officer of police, police-
man and detective, who may be cognizant of any violation of this section,
to report the same to the Grand Jury of the City of Baltimore, if in ses-
sion, and if not in session, then to the next Grand Jury that may be sum-
moned for said city; and every officer of police, policeman and detective
who shall wilfully fail to make such report shall be forthwith dismissed
from his position, and shall be forever after ineligible to any position in
the police.

State v. Strauss, 49 Md. 288.

1867, ch. 367. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 735.

754. He is authorized and empowered to take possession of all prop-
erty heretofore by law assigned to the former Board of Police, and to