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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. 1939, ch. 696, sec. 31.

31. Whenever any of the employees of the Department of Maryland
State Police and any of the license examiners of the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall have given meritorious service as such employee
for a period of ten continuous years, and shall have reached the age of
55 years, such employee shall be eligible for retirement upon his voluntary
application or may be retired by the Superintendent of the Department
of Maryland State Police, provided such employee be found, after medi-
cal examination given by a Medical Board of three physicians, consisting
of the Medical Examiner of the Department of Maryland State Police and

¹ Sec. 3, ch. 303 of acts of 1935 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of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