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viction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $50. 00, or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by
both, in the discretion of the court. Prisoners arrested or confined by any
police employee shall be under the control of the Superintendent and may
be removed or transferred from one place of confinement to another at
his discretion. All costs of confinement to be paid as now prescribed
by law.

1935. ch. 303, sec. 26.

26. The Attorney General of the State shall be the attorney for, and
represent the Department of Maryland State Police.

1935. ch. 303, sec. 27.

27. All finances of the Department of the Maryland State Police shall
be regularly audited by the State Auditor in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the State Auditor's Department.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 28.

28. The Superintendent shall annually, within thirty days following
the close of the fiscal year of the Department, make a full financial and
operative report to the Governor showing the activities of the Department.
The report shall describe and recommend such measures as the Superin-
tendent may deem helpful toward a more efficient administration of the
Department and the criminal laws. Upon request of the Governor, or
upon his own initiative, the Superintendent shall also make special reports

covering the above subjects.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 29.

29. This Article shall be liberally construed, to the end that the

criminal laws may be efficiently enforced, and offenders promptly and
certainly apprehended.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 2.

30. If any part or parts of this Article, or of any section thereof, or
part of a section thereof, shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconsti-
tutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this
Article, or of any section thereof, or parts of a section thereof. The
Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts

of this Article, or of any section thereof, or part of any section thereof, if
it had known that such part or parts thereof, -or of any section thereof,
would be declared unconstitutional. ¹

Pensions.

1935, ch. 596, sec. 30.

31. Whenever any of the employees of the Department of Maryland
State Police and any of the license examiners of the Commissioner of

¹ Sec. 3, ch. 303 of acts of 1935 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent

of such inconsistency.