MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3539

1927, ch. 299, sec. 6.

696. All uniforms, equipment, automobiles or motorcycles purchased
under this Act shall be and remain the property of the County, and shall
be returned by the members of the police force to whom the said equip-
ment may be issued upon separation for any cause from said force.

1927, ch. 299, sec. 7.

697. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized, directed and
empowered to maintain in the town of Rockville, Montgomery County,
an office for the chief of the Montgomery County Police and for the
storage of all records and equipment necessary for the conduct of said
police, said office to be known as and designated as "Headquarters of the
Montgomery County Force," and at which Headquarters a member of the
Montgomery County Police force shall always be on duty, and to main-
tain sub-stations, at which at least one member of the said force shall
be on duty at all times, in such building or buildings as the said County
Com missioners may designate, one of said sub-stations to be located in or
near the town of Bethesda, and on or near the Georgetown-Rockville
Turnpike or Wisconsin Avenue Extended, and one sub-station to be located
in or near the town of Silver Spring on or near the Brookeville Turnpike

or Georgia Avenue Extended, provided that a member of the Montgomery
County Police Force shall be stationed within the municipal limits of the
Town of Kensington. The County Commissioners are authorized, directed
and empowered to spend such sums as may be necessary for the mainte-
nance and equipment of said headquarters and sub-stations.

1927, ch. 299, sec. 8.

698. All fees, costs and charges in any and all criminal and civil cases
allowed constables under local or General Laws of this State and County,
paid over to any member of the County Police force, shall be paid forth-
with by said member to the County Commissioners of Montgomery
County, and the members of said police force shall not receive by way
of fees, costs, or otherwise any sum or sums other than such as are author-
ized by this Act.

1927, ch. 299, sec. 9.

699. It shall be the duty of the members of the police force so ap-
pointed to serye and execute any and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas
and other papers issued by the Circuit Court, for Montgomery County or
the Justices of the Peace or the Police Justice or Justices for Montgomery
County, in the exercise of its or their criminal jurisdiction; and no mem-
ber of the said force shall receive any additional compensation for such
services, and the members of the police force so appointed shall have all

of the powers possessed by deputy sheriffs of the State of Maryland under
the general law of the State, or the local laws of Montgomery County
heretofore in existence, in so far as such powers are in reference to the

criminal jurisdiction of said deputy sheriffs in making arrests, or in any
manner enforcing the law, or laws of the State of Maryland.