HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1253

CHAPTER 521.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Balti-
more City", sub-title "Police Commissioners", said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 745AA, and to follow immedi-
ately after Section 745A of said Article, to provide that the
desk sergeants shall have the grade of second lieutenants
and to increase the salaries of said sergeants, and to repeal
and re-enact, with amendments, Section 745P under said
sub-title of said Article, classifying Signal and Telephone
Operators in the Police Department as Sergeants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Police Commissioner",
said new section to be known as Section 745AA, to follow im-
mediately after Section 745A of said Article, and to read as
follows:

745AA. The twenty-four desk sergeants shall have the
grade and be classified as second lieutenants, and shall receive
Five Dollars ($ 5. 00) per week more than sergeants having the
same length of service.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 745F of
Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Police Commis-
sioner", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

745F. The Signal and Telephone Operators in the Police
Department of Baltimore City shall be classified as sergeants
and shall receive such salaries and compensation as are now
or as may hereafter be provided for in the case of members of
the said Police Department having the rating of sergeants.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect January 1, 1938.

Approved May 28, 1937.

CHAPTER 522.

AN ACT to create a public body corporate and politic to be
known as the Greenbelt Housing Authority; to define the
powers and duties of such authority and to provide that its
property shall be exempt from taxation and assessment, but
to direct payments in lieu of taxes; and for other purposes.

(Vetoed. )