48 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

if otherwise qualified, be preferred by the board in making their
new appointments.

45. The officers of police shall be as follows: one marshal of
police, one deputy marshal, four captains, eight lieutenants, twen-
ty-four sergeants and eight turnkeys; they shall be appointed
by the board for such times as the board shall determine, and be
subject to removal by the board for cause; and any cause which
would be sufficient to prevent the appointment of any officer or
policeman shall be sufficient cause to warrant his removal.

46. The pay of the ordinary policemen shall be ten dollars a
week, payable semi-monthly; and in case the board shall appoint
detective policemen which they may do to the number of five,
the detectives shall receive the like sum, payable semi-monthly.

. 47. The said board shall be and they are hereby authorized to
provide themselves with such office and office furniture, and
other things, with one clerk whose salary shall be six hundred
dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and with such other sub-
ordinates as they may need, and to have and use a common seal;
they shall divide the city into the needful number of police dis-
tricts, and provide, if necessary, in each of them a station-house
or houses, with all things and attendants required for the same,
and all such other accommodations as may be requisite for the
police; the said board for the purposes of this article, shall have
the use of the fire-alarm and police telegraph in said city, and of
all station-houses, watch-boxes, arms, accoutrements, and other
accommodations and things provided by the mayor and city
council of Baltimore, for the use and service of the police created
by said mayor and city council, as fully and to the same extent
as the same are now or may be used by or for the said city police,
and the said mayor and city council, and all persons and muni-
cipal officers in charge thereof, are hereby ordered and required
to allow such use accordingly; in case the said mayor and city
council, or its officers or agents, refuse or neglect to allow such
use as and when the same shall be required by said board, the
said board may apply to the Superior Court of Baltimore city,
in the name of the State, for a mandamus to compel a compliance