STATE POLICE 3221

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
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 Department of
Budget and Procurement, and shall be in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the said Department. The Superintendent shall have author-
ity 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