JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

849

745 A.. There shall be appointed by the Governor, by and
with the advice of the Senate, three sober and discreet per-
sons, who shall be registered voters of the city of Baltimore,
for three consecutive years next preceding the day of their
appointment, who shall be known as the Board of Police Ex-
aminers of Baltimore City. Two of said examiners shall be
adherents of the two leading parties in the State, one of each
of said parties. Any of said Board of Police Examiners shall be
subject to removal by the Governor for official misconduct or
incompetency, in the manner provided by law in case of other
civil officers. Each of said Board of Police Examiners shall be
appointed for two years, and they shall hold office until their
respective successors are appointed and qualified. Each of said
Board of Police Examiners shall receive a salary of $1, 200 per
annum, payable monthly. None of said Board of Police Exam-
iners shall be eligible to an elective or appointive office, except
under the militia laws of the State; as the term of any exam-
iner shall expire as designated above, his successor shall be
appointed for two years, subject to the foregoing provisions

CHAP. 691.

Police
examiners
appointed.

and limitations. Before entering upon the duties of his office
each member of said Board of Police Examiners shall take
and subscribe before the judge of the Superior Court of the
City of Baltimore, or the clerk thereof, the oath or affirmation
prescribed by the sixth section of the first Article of the con-
stitution, and the further oath or affirmation that in every
nomination to the Board of Police Commissioners for Balti-
more city of any person for appointment as police officer,
officer of police, or detective, for promotion, they shall in no
case and under no pretext make such nomination for or on
account of the religion or political opinion or affiliations of the
person nominated by them, or for any other cause or reason
than the fitness of such person in the best judgment of said
Board of Police Examiners for the place to which he shall be
nominated; and said oath or affirmation shall be recorded and
preserved among the records of said Court.
Approved April 11, 1902.

Oath
to be taken.