1138 ARTICLE 88B.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 13.

13. The Superintendent is authorized and hereby directed to organize
and maintain a. training school for employees of the Department. No police
employee shall be assigned to permanent duty until he has received train-
ing in such a school, and successfully passed the course for probationers
prescribed by the Superintendent. Training courses for the higher ranks,
grades and positions of the Department shall be prescribed and conducted
by the Superintendent for those police employees of the Department who
have been promoted to a higher rank, grade or position. The Superin-
tendent shall make available such training facilities to any local govern-
ment unit within this State by conducting schools for the training of peace
officers. All schools, as set forth in this Section, shall be for such period,
at such places, and of such a character as the Superintendent, in his dis-
cretion, may deem proper.

1935, ch. 303. sec. 14.

14. The Superintendent shall have authority to formulate, put into
effect, alter and repeal such rules and regulations for the administration
of the Department as may seem fit to him. He shall have authority to
assign, reassign and to transfer each employee of the Department to serv-
ice at such stations, and within the limits of this Article, to perform, such
duties as he shall designate.

1935. ch. 303, sec. 15.

15. The Superintendent shall have full power and authority to sus-
pend, for a period of thirty days, without pay, any employee of the De-
partment for such cause as may seem fit to him. The Superintendent shall
have full power and authority to demote in rank any employee of the De-
partment below the rank of detective sergeant, for such cause as may seem
fit to him. The Superintendent may demote in rank any employee of the
Department of the rank of detective sergeant or higher for cause, if charges
are preferred, in accordance with the provisions of the Merit System, and
no such demotion shall be final until after a hearing has been held in
accordance with the provisions of the Merit System. The findings of the
State Employment Commissioner shall be binding upon the Superin-
tendent. The Superintendent may discharge any employee of the Depart-
ment for cause, if charges have been preferred, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Merit System, and no such discharge shall be final until after
a hearing has been held in accordance with the provisions of the Merit
System. The findings of the State Employment Commissioner shall be
binding upon the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall have full
power and authority to suspend or discharge probationers without a
hearing.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 16.

16. The Superintendent shall provide for the employees of the Depart-
ment, within the amount of the appropriation therefor, the uniforms and