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on election days, and at all other times, and it shall
be the duty of said military force so called out to
obey such orders as may be given them by said
board ; whenever the exigency or circumstances may
in their judgment warrant it, the said board shall
have the power to assume the control and command
of all conservators of the peace in the city of Balti-
more, whether sheriffs, constables, police or others,
and they shall act under the orders of the said board,
and not otherwise; and in case of the refusal of
the said sheriff, or any policeman, constable, or other
peace officer or persons, to obey any lawful command
of said board under the provisions of this section,
they shall respectively be guilty of a misdemeanor
and punishable as in such cases made and provided ;
and any officer of any military force in the city of
Baltimore organized under any law now existing
or which may hereafter be enacted by the general
assembly of this state, who upon being called on by
the said board as aforesaid, and shall refuse or wil-
fully fail to call out the force under his command, or
to obey the orders of the said board, or to enforce by
all lawful means the performance of the duties to
said force assigned, and any inferior officer or private
who "shall refuse or wilfully fail to obey the orders
of his superior officer in such behalf, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and punishable as in such cases
made and provided.
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Vacancies
among officers.
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814. Whenever a vacancy shall take place in any
grade of officers (except the marshal and deputy
marshal) it shall be filled from the next lowest
grade, if competent men can be found therein ; the
board of police commissioners are hereby authorized
to make all such rules and regulations, not inconsis-
tent with this act, as they may judge necessary for
the appointment and employment, uniforming, disci-
pline, trial and government of the police and detec-
tives, and for the relief and compensation of the
members of the police injured in person and prop-
erty in the discharge of their duty, and the families
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