2192 ARTICLE 10.

penalties and unclaimed property which may come into the possession of
the said board, or be recovered by them under the provisions of this sub-
division of this Article, or any other law, shall form part of a fund which
the board shall pay to the Commissioners of Cambridge to apply towards
the allowances of officers of police and policemen and their families, as
hereinbefore authorized, and for extra pay to such members of the force
as by gallantry and good conduct on extraordinary occasions they may
be judged to merit; and any officer of police or policemen who shall di-
rectly or indirectly in violation of this section, receive any moneys as a
gratuity or extra compensation and shall fail to deliver the same to the
board for the purposes hereinbefore provided, and shall apply the same
to' his own use, shall be forthwith dismissed, and be forever ineligible to
any position on the force.

1912, ch. 694, sec. 60H.

75. It shall be the duty of every officer of police and every policeman
to report to the board, and deliver to them all property seized or found
by said officer of police or policeman, immediately after the same shall
have come into their possession, which property, with the date of delivery
and description of the same, and the name of the officer or policeman de-
positing the same shall be entered in a, book by the secretary, to be pro-
vided 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 claimants, when ordered to do so in writing by the said board, which
order shall be his voucher; and any officer, or policeman who shall fail
or refuse for a period of twenty-four hours to deposit all such property
as aforesaid, shall be subject to removal by the said board; and every
officer or policeman who shall wilfully refuse to return all such property
as aforesaid, or shall return the same to any claimant, shall be forthwith
dismissed from the force.

1912, ch. 694, sec. 60-I.

76. The chief of police nor any policeman, nor anyone acting for or
under them, or any of them, shall release any persons committed or con-
fined in any of the station houses for any felony or misdemeanor, but all
such persons shall be released only on the order of the committing justice,
the judge of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, or one of the mem-
bers of the board, or other lawful process.

1912, ch. 694, sec. 60J.

77. Nothing in this sub-division of this Article shall be so construed
as to destroy or diminish the liability or responsibility of the Commis-
sioners of Cambridge for any failure to discharge the duties and obliga-
tions of said Commissioners of Cambridge, or any of them, or give the
said Commissioners of Cambridge any control over said board, or any
officer of police or policeman appointed thereby.