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LAWS OF MARYLAND,
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and

Fine for vio-
lation.

upon conviction thereof before any justice of the
peace of Worcester or Wicomico counties, as the
case may be, or before the circuit coutt for either
of said counties, having jurisdiction, shall be
fined not less than five dollars nor more than
twenty-five dollars for each offence, and stand
committed until fine and costs are paid ; said fine
to go to the informer or informers upon whose
evidence the conviction is obtained.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 29, 1888.

Chapter 150.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Police Com-
missioners for the City of Baltimore to em-
ploy and compensate three physicians of that
city for the purpose of improving the efficiency
of the police force thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-

Who author-
ized to appoint
physicians.

sembly of Maryland, That the Board of Police
Commissioners for the City of Baltimore is au-
thorized to appoint and commission, annually,
three physicians of integrity and capacity, resi-
dents of Baltimore city, and who will have prac-
ticed medicine therein for at least three years next
preceding the date of their commission, to act
as physicians of the police department of that
city, under such rules and regulations as the said
board may, from time, prescribe f or their conduct.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the duties of the

Duties of
physicians ap-
pointed.

said physicians shall be to examine thoroughly
all applicants for position in the police force of
Baltimore city, and to test their entire fitness in
every respect for such position ; to visit all po-
licemen, turnkeys, detectives, officers of police
and clerks of said force, who may be returned
as sick, and to report their condition to the said
board ; to visit and professionally attend any