STATE POLICE. 1139

equipment necessary to the performance of their respective duties, but all
such uniforms and equipment shall remain the property of the State. All
uniforms and equipment shall be purchased through the State Purchasing
Agent, and shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
State Purchasing Bureau. The Superintendent shall have authority to
destroy such uniforms and sell or dispose of such equipment as shall have
become unfit for use and all moneys received therefrom shall be paid into
the State Treasury, and credited to the use of the Department of Maryland
State Police.

1935, ch. 303. sec. 17.

17. The Superintendent shall have authority to approve vouchers in
payment of expenses incurred by employees of the Department in the dis-
charge of their duties, and such vouchers shall be audited and paid out of
the appropriations of the Department in the manner required by law.
Allowance for lodging and subsistence while away from official station
may be paid to the employee of the Department under such terms and con-
ditions as the Superintendent may prescribe. The Superintendent may-
provide lodging and subsistence for employees of the Department at their
official stations.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 18.

18. The Superintendent may from time to time establish headquarters
and stations in such localities as he may deem advisable for the enforce-
ment of the laws of the State, and to that end within the limits of appro-
priations he may purchase, or otherwise acquire the right to use and main-
tain lands and buildings, horses, motor equipment, motor boats, and other
commodities, equipment and services deemed by him essential for the
needs of the Department or its employees in carrying out their duties.
. All such property, or rights, shall be purchased or acquired through the
State Purchasing Agent and in accordance with the rules of the State
Purchasing Bureau, whenever the Superintendent, in his discretion, deems
it advisable to have the purchases made in such manner. The Superin-
tendent, may, in his discretion, discontinue any headquarters or stations,
where such action seems to him to be desirable. The Superintendent shall
have authority to sell or dispose of such property as shall have become un-
necessary or unfit for further use, and all moneys received therefrom shall
be paid into the State Treasury, and credited to the use of the Depart-
ment of Maryland State Police.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 19.

19. No employee of the Department of Maryland State Police shall
be allowed to receive any moneys as a gratuity, extra compensation or re-
ward, or in any other way, for any services, unless with the consent of the
Superintendent, and any such moneys as any employee may be so permitted
to receive shall be paid over by the said employee to the Superintendent
and shall be appropriated by him as set forth in rules and regulations made