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LAWS OF MARYLAND

222. 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

Governor
may appoint

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 requested,

and he may revoke and annul any such appointment

at his pleasure.

223. Every policeman so appointed shall, before

entering upon the duties of his office, take and sub-

scribe before a justice of the peace of the county or

city in which his commission 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 affirma-

Take oath or

tion to be by him taken as aforesaid, shall possess

affirmation.

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 con-

stables 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 Balti-

more.

224. Every such policeman shall, when on duty,

Wear metal-

except when on detective duty, wear a metallic

lic shield.

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.

225. The compensation of every such policeman

Compensa-

shall be paid by the party or parties upon whose

tion — who to

recommendation he was appointed, and neither the

pay

State nor any county therein shall be responsible

for any part of such compensation.

226. Whenever the services of any policeman so

Dismissal.

appointed as aforesaid shall no longer be required, a

notice in writing to that effect shall be given by the

corporation or corporations at whose instance he was