512 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

required of him by said board; and it shall further be the duty
of said secretary to prepare forms of all poll books and election
returns, warrants of arrest and commitments to be used by the
judges of election for all elections held in Baltimore city, to super-
intend carefully the printing thereof, and to perform all other
clerical duties devolved upon said board by law in connection
with all elections held in said city, as may be required of him by
said board; said secretary shall enter into bond to the State of
Maryland in the same manner as is by law prescribed for, said
commissioners, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned
for the faithful discharge of his duties aforesaid, and the; safe
keeping of all property placed in his hands as aforesaid, and shall
receive the salary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable
monthly, and be subject to removal at the pleasure of the' board.

1867, ch. 367.

725. The duties of the board of police commissioners hereby
created shall be as follows: they shall at all times of the day
and night, within the boundaries of the city of Baltimore, as well
on the water as on the land, preserve the public peace, prevent
crime and arrest offenders; protect the rights of persons and
property, guard the public health, preserve order at primary
meetings and elections, and at all public meetings and conven-
tions, and on all public occasions and places; prevent and remove
nuisances in all the streets and highways, waters, water-courses,
and all other places; provide a proper police force at every fire
for the protection of firemen and property; protect strangers,
emigrants and travelers at all steamboat, ferry-boat and iship
landings and railway stations; see that all laws relating to elec-
tions, and to the observance of Sunday, and regarding pawn-
brokers, gambling, intemperance, lotteries and lottery-policies,
vagrants, disorderly persons and the public health, are enforced;
and also to enforce all laws, ordinances of the mayor and city
council of Baltimore not inconsistent with the provisions of this
sub-title of this article, or of any law of the State which may
be properly enforceable by a police force; in case the said board
of police commissioners shall have reason to believe that any
person within the limits of the city of Baltimore intends leaving
the city for the purpose of committing any breach of the peace,