STATE POLICE. 1141

1935, ch. 303. sec. 22.

22. The police employees of the Department shall enforce the fish,
oyster and game laws of the State, and the law enacted for the protection
and conservation of forests, woods, and other natural resources, and shall
have all powers, rights and duties possessed by wardens, foresters or con-
servation officers of the State of Maryland.

1035. ch. 303. sec. 23.

23. The employees of the Department shall co-operate and exchange
information with any other Department or authority of the State, or with
police forces, both within and without the State, and with Federal police
forces, toward the end of achieving greater success in preventing and
detecting crimes and apprehending criminals. The Superintendent may
on the request of the chief executive officer or the chief police officer of
any local government unit in the State assist such officer in the investiga-
tion of the circumstances of any crime, and in the identification, appre-
hension, and conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators thereof, and for
this purpose may detail such employee or employees of the Department,
for such length of time as the Superintendent may deem fit. The Super-
intendent shall, when so authorized by the Governor, have the power to
negotiate with appropriate officials of other states in the preparation of
interstate compacts for police protection as authorized by the Act of June
6, 1934, (48 Stat. 909 c. 406; U. S. Code, title 18, section 420), or other
Acts of Congress, and such compacts as negotiated shall be submitted to
the Governor and Legislature for approval.

1935. ch. 303, sec. 24.

24. The police employees of the Department shall not act within the
limits of any incorporated municipality which maintains a police force
except (1) when in pursuit of an offender or suspected offender; or (2)
when in search of an offender or suspected offender wanted for a crime
committed outside of the limits of the municipality, or when interviewing
or seeking to interview a witness or a supposed witness to such a crime;
or (3) when requested to act by the chief executive officer of the munici-
pality in question or its chief police officer, as provided under Section 23;
or (4) when ordered by the Governor to act within the municipality in
question.

1935. ch. 303, sec. 25.

25. Any person having charge of a jail or other place of detention
shall, provided sufficient facilities are available, receive any prisoner
arrested by a police employee of the Department and shall detain him in
custody until otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or
by the Superintendent or by the police employee from whom the prisoner
was received; and any such person who shall refuse so to receive any
prisoner, or who, having received him, shall release him otherwise than
as above provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon con-