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tenances as may be found needful and necessary, and
such accommodations as may be requisite for the
police force, said board shall also have the use of
the fire alarm and police telegraph in the city of
Baltimore, and of all station houses, watch boxes,
arms, accoutrements and other accommodations and
property provided by the city of Baltimore for the
use and service of the police heretofore created by
an act of the corporation of said city as fully and to
the same extent, as if the same had been provided
for the use of the board created by this act.
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Disposition of
property '
seized, &c.
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820. It shall be the duty of every officer of police,
and every policeman and detective to report to the
board, and deliver to them all property seized or
found by said officers of police, policeman or detec-
tive, immediately after the same shall have come
into their possession, which property, with the date
of delivery, and description of the same, and the
name of the officer, policeman or detective deposit-
ing the same, shall be entered in a book by the clerk
to be provided for that purpose, said clerk shall have
the custody of all such property, and shall be held
responsible for the safe delivery of the same, to the
claimants when ordered to do so in writing by the
said board, which order shall be his voucher; and
any officer, policeman or detective, who shall fail or
refuse, for a period of twenty-four hours, to deposit
all such property as aforesaid, shall be subject to
removal by the said board, and every officer, police-
man or detective, who shall wilfully refuse to return
all such property as aforesaid, or shall return the
same to any claimant, shall be forthwith dismissed
from office.
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Duty of mar-
shal
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821. It shall be the duty of the marshal of police
of the city to make to the board of police commis-
sioners, to be by them certified to the clerk of the
criminal court of Baltimore city on the morning of
each day (except Sunday,) a report showing the
number of persons confined in the several station
houses of said city, for any offence indictable under
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