HOWARD COUNTY. 3103

OUT-PENSIONS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 101. 1860, Art. 13, sec. 39.

230. The county commissioners may annually levy such sum, not
exceeding sixty dollars, as will provide for the relief of paupers in the
county.

POLICE.

1894, ch. 496, sec. 101A.

231. The County Commissioners of Howard county, at the time or
times prescribed by the constitution and laws for the appointment of
constables, are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint one or more
persons to act as police officers within any designated locality, the limits
and boundaries whereof shall be prescribed and designated by said County
Commissioners, or may designate any constable appointed by them, resi-
dent within the prescribed limits, to act as police officer therein; and may
provide for lamps or lights to be put up within the designated locality.

1894, ch. 496, sec.101B.

232. It shall be the duty of the person or persons so appointed for
police duty, at all times of the day and night, to preserve the public peace,
prevent crime, and protect the rights of persons and property, and to arrest
all offenders against the laws of the State and to take such offenders to
the nearest justice of the peace for the said county; and to this end said
person or persons shall have all the power and authority of county con-
stables.

1894, ch. 496, sec. 101C. 1918, ch. 17.

233. The County Commissioners of said County shall have power to
levy annually a sum sufficient to pay said person or persons that may be
appointed as hereinbefore provided, and all proper expenses, provided that
no person appointed shall be paid over Sixty Dollars per month in the
discretion of the County Commissioners.

1894, ch. 496, sec. 101D.

234. The County Commissioners of said county are further empow-
ered, whenever an appointment is made, under the preceding sections, of
any person to do police duty in any locality, designated as herein pro-
vided, to levy upon the taxable inhabitants living within the boundaries
of the designated locality or owning taxable property situated therein, a
special tax not exceeding twenty cents in the one hundred dollars, to be
applied to the payment of the person or persons so appointed.

1894, ch. 496, sec. 101E.

235. The County Commissioners of said county shall have power to
direct the person or persons, appointed by them to do police duty as