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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Appointment
o£ police-
men.

101 A. The County Commissioners of Howard county, at
the time or times prescribed by the constitution and laws for
the appointment of constables, are hereby authorized and em-
powered to appoint one or more persons to act as police officers
within any designated locality, the limits and boundaries
whereof shall be prescribed and designated by said County
Commissioners, or may designate any constable appointed by
them, resident within the prescribed limits, to act as police
officer therein; and may provide for lamps or lights to be put
up within the designated locality.

Duties.

101 B. It shall be the duty of the person or persons so
appointed for police duty, at all times of the day and night,
to preserve the public peace, prevent crime, and protect the
rights of persons and property, and to arrest all offenders
against the laws of the State and to take such offenders to the
nearest justice of the peace for the said county; and to this end
said person or persons shall have all the power and authority
of county constables.

To levy tax to
pay police-
men.

101 C. The County Commissioners of said county shall have
power to levy annually a sum sufficient to pay said person or
persons that may be appointed as hereinbefore provided, and
all proper expenses, provided that no person appointed shall
be paid over forty dollars per month.

Special tax.

101 D. The County Commissioners of said county are fur-
ther empowered, whenever an appointment is made, under
the preceding sections, of any person to do police duty in any
locality, designated as herein provided, to levy upon the tax-
able inhabitants living within the boundaries of the designated
locality or owning taxable property situated therein, a special
tax not exceeding twenty cents in the one hundred dollars, to
be applied to the payment of the person or persons so appointed.

Policemen to
furnish lists

101 E. The County Commissioners of said county shall have
power to direct the person or persons, appointed by them to
do police duty as herein provided, to enumerate and return to
said County Commissioners the names of all persons living
within the boundaries of the designated locality or owning
taxable property situated therein, or to authorize the tax col-
lector for the collection district within which such designated
locality is situated, to enumerate and return such taxable
inhabitants.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.