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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

other causes, and shall have power to temporarily increase the

number of police and to temporarily appoint police from April to

October, when in their judgment, the peace or safety of the town

demand them; they shall arrange the police force so that a part

of them shall be on duty during each day, and a part of them on

To in-
crease

duty during each night; and the said police board shall furnish

the police with proper arms and a badge of office, that the police

shall wear exposed on the left breast of their coat; and the said

board of police commissioners shall have power and authority to

make and pass such by-laws, rules and regulations governing the

police appointed by them, as in their judgment shall best insure

the efficiency of the force and preserve the peace of the town, and

direct how the town shall be patrolled by said police, so that at

least one policeman shall be in the vicinity of Cambridge harbor

and bridge over the same; and the said police commissioners shall

allow each policeman for the faithful performance of his duties

not less than twenty-five dollars per month, and at the expiration

Per diem.

of each month's service of a policeman the said board of police

commissioners, or a majority of them, shall give to said police-

man an order on the town clerk and treasurer of Cambridge for

the month's pay of said policeman, which said order shall be paid

in cash on presentation to said clerk and treasurer.

SEC. 60. And be it enacted, That at their first meeting, or as

soon thereafter as may be convenient, they shall appoint one or

more bailiffs, who shall receive such compensation f or their services

as may be determined by the said commissioners, and said bailiffs

shall be peace officers within the limits of said town, and it shall

be their duty to prevent breaches of the peace, to make arrests,

to go upon the premises of parties suspected of violating any pro-

Appoint

vision or provisions of this act, or any ordinance or by-law of said

bailiff

commissioners of Cambridge, and to serve process for the enforce-

ment of penalties, fines, &c., for violation of any provisions of this

act, or any ordinance or by-law passed in pursuance thereof, as

well as such other duties as are prescribed and defined by section

forty-seven of this article, herein made applicable to said bailiffs

as well as policemen; and it shall also be their duty to collect all

taxes levied upon any dogs kept within the corporate limits, and

perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by said commis-

sioners.

SEC. 62. And be it enacted, That every bailiff before he enters

Oath.

upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath before the mayor,

or in his absence, some one of the commissioners, faithfully and

impartially to discharge the duties of his office without favor,

Bond.

affection or prejudice, and shall give bond to the commissioners

in the penalty of five hundred dollars, with a surety or sureties

to be approved by the commissioners for the faithful collection

and payment into the treasury of all fines imposed for the vio-