526 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

1876, ch. 249.

754. The board of police commissioners for Baltimore city,
upon the written request of the registers of voters, shall detail
police officers sufficient to preserve order at the place where the
officers of registration in Baltimore city are discharging the
duties of their office.

SPECIAL FUND.
1886, ch. 459.

755. All sums of money which are now in, or which may
hereafter come into the hands of the board of police commis-
sioners for the city of Baltimore, under and by virtue of the
provisions of existing laws, except such sums as may come into
their hands under and by virtue of the provisions of section 728
shall constitute a fund to be known and accounted for as the
special fund.

1886, ch. 459. 1888, ch. 806.

756. In addition to the sums of money now authorized by law
to be paid out of the fund so as above constituted and designated,
the said board of police commissioners are empowered, whenever
in their opinion the efficiency of the service may require it, to
retire any officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turn-
key appointed by them, and pay him in monthly instalments out
of said fund, for life, a sum of money not to exceed one-third of
the amount of money monthly paid to him as such officer of
police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey, at the time of
his said retirement; provided, however, he shall have served
faithfully not less than sixteen years as such officer of police,
policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey, or shall have been per-
manently disabled in the discharge of his duty as such officer of
police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey; and the said
board shall, in all cases before making such retirement, procure
and file among their records a certificate of a competent and
reputable physician that the person proposed to be retired has
been thoroughly examined by him and that he is incapable of
performing active police duty. And the said board shall have
power, in their discretion, to suspend payment to any such officer
of police, policeman or detective for a term not to exceed three
months for the first offence, for the second offence a term not to