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have and use a common seal; he may divide the city into such number
of police districts as he may think necessary for the public good; and if
found practicable, in addition to the station-houses and property attached
thereto, which he is authorized and empowered to take possession of and
use, he may provide additional station-houses, with all necessary appur-
tenances, as may be found needful and necessary, and such accommoda-
tions as may be requisite for the police force; said Police Commissioner
shall also have the use of the fire-alarm and police telegraph in the City
of Baltimore, and of all station-houses, watch-boxes, arms, accoutrements,
and other accommodations and property provided by the City of Baltimore
for the use and service of the police heretofore created by any act of the
corporation of said city, as fully and to the same extent as if the same
had been provided for the use of the Commissioner created by this sub-
division of this Article.

1867, ch. 367. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 736.

755. It shall be the duty of every officer of police, and every police-
man and detective, to report to the Police Commissioner, and deliver to
him all property seized or found by said officer of police, policeman or
detective, immediately after the same shall have come into their posses-
sion, which property, with the date of delivery and description of the
same, and the name of the officer, policeman or detective depositing the
same, shall be entered in a book by the secretary, to be provided for that
purpose; said secretary shall have the custody of all such property, and
shall be held responsible for the safe delivery of the same to the claim-
ants, when ordered to do so in writing by the said Commissioner, which
order shall be his voucher; and any officer, policeman or detective who
shall fail or refuse for a period of twenty-four hours to deposit all such,
property as aforesaid, shall be subject to removel by the said Commis-
sioner; and every officer, policeman or detective who shall wilfully refuse
to return all such property as aforesaid, or shall return the same to any
claimant, shall be forthwith dismissed from office.
Upshur v. Mayor, 94 Md. 743.

1886, ch. 459. 1888, ch. 306. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 756. 1898, ch. 494.
1900, ch. 233. 1902, ch. 81. 1910, ch. 391. 1912, ch. 189.

756. In addition to the sums of money now authorized by law to be
paid out of the fund in the hands of the Police Commissioner of Balti-
more City and known and accounted for as a special fund, the said Police
Commissioner is empowered whenever, in his opinion, the efficiency of
the service may require it, to retire any officer of police, policeman, detec-
tive, clerk or turnkey appointed by him and pay him in monthly instal-
ments out of said special fund for life a sum of money equal to one-half
of the amount of money monthly paid to such officer of police, policeman,
detective, clerk, or turnkey as provided by law; provided, however, he
shall have served faithfully not less than twenty years as such officer of
police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey, or shall have been per-
manently disabled in the discharge of his duty as such officer of police,