520 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

approved by a majority of the votes of the legal voters of said
City, cast at the time and places to be designated by said ordi-
nance, in the provision for submitting the same to the legal
voters of said City, as required by section 7, Article XI, of the
Constitution of Maryland; provided, however, that the said
bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall not be sold for less
than par; and the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
are authorized to provide by ordinance for the laying of such
an annual tax as shall be sufficient to pay the interest on said
bonds or certificates of indebtedness, and provide a sinking
fund for their redemption at maturity.

POLICE COMMISSIONERS.

Organization of Force.

740. There shall be elected by the joint meeting of the two
houses of the General Assembly, by ballot, three sober and
discreet persons, who shall have been residents in the City of
Baltimore for three consecutive years next preceding the day
of their election, who shall be known as the Board of Police
Commissioners for the City of Baltimore; said Commissioners
shall be subject to removal as provided in this sub-division of
this Article; one of said Commissioners shall be elected and ap-
pointed for two years, one for four years, and one for six years,
who shall hold office until their respective successors are
elected, or appointed and qualified; each of said Commissioners
shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly. As the terms of office shall expire, as desig-
nated above, they shall be filled or appointed for six years each.
Before entering upon the duties of their office of Commissioner,
each member thereof shall enter into bond to the State of
Maryland, with one or more sureties, in the penalty of ten
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his
duties as such Commissioner; said bond to be approved by the
Judge of the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, to be
kept and recorded by the clerk of the said court, in the office