ART. 23] POLICE. 703

corporation or corporations, and for the preservation of peace
and good order on their respective premises, railroad trains or
steamboats.
Tolchester Beach Co. v. Steinmeler, 72 Md. 313.

1888, art. 23, sec. 289. 1880, ch. 460, sec. 222.

403. The governor, upon such application, may, if he thinks
it proper so to do, appoint such persons, or so many of them
as he may deem proper, to be such policemen; and shall issue
to each person so appointed a commission, and shall transmit
such commission to such clerk's office in the State as may, by
such corporation or corporations, be designated, and he may
revoke and annul any such appointments at his pleasure.

Ibid. sec. 290. 1880, ch. 460, sec. 223.

404. Every policeman so appointed shall, before entering
upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe before a
justice of the peace of the county or city in which his commis-
sion may be received, the oath or affirmation prescribed by the
fourth section of the first article of the constitution, which oath
or affirmation shall be recorded in the clerk's office of such
county or city; and every such policeman so appointed, after
the recording of the oath or affirmation to be by him taken as
aforesaid, shall possess and exercise in the counties and cities
in which the railroads, canals, collieries, furnaces, rolling-mills
and premises of the corporation for which he may have been
appointed are respectively situated all the authority and powers
held and exercised by constables at common law and under the
statutes of this State, and also all the authority and powers
conferred by law on policemen in the city of Baltimore.

Ibid, sec 291. 1880, ch 460, sec 224.

405. Every such policeman shall, when on duty, except
when on detective duty, wear a metallic shield with the word
"police" inscribed thereon, and said shield shall always be
worn in plain view, except when he is employed as a detective.

Ibid, sec 292 1880, ch. 460, sac. 225.

406. The compensation of every such policeman shall be
paid by the party or parties upon whose recommendation he
was appointed, and neither the State nor any county therein
shall be responsible for any part of such compensation.