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ployee of the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
disburse any money therefor; and the power of said Mayor and
City Council to levy and collect taxes and appropriate and dis-
burse money for the payment of the police force organized and
employed under this sub-division of this Article shall be exer-
cised as herein directed, and not otherwise; and in case the
amount so as aforesaid to be estimated by the said Board shall
from any cause prove insufficient for the necessary expenses
lor the current year, the said Board is authorized and empow-
ered to issue certificates and raise money therefrom, as herein-
before provided, to meet the said exigency; provided, however,
that no additional issue shall exceed the sum of fifty thousand
dollars in any one year, and that the amount thereof shall be
added to the estimate, assessment and levy for the year next
ensuing, and that said certificates shall not be made payable at
an earlier day than twelve months from the date of their issue,
but may be receivable in payment of City taxes at any time
they may be so presented.

748. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Baltimore City,
whenever called on for that purpose by said Board, to act under
their control for the preservation of the public peace and quiet,
and if ordered by them to so do, he shall summon the posse
comtiatus for that purpose, and hold and employ such posse,
subject to their discretion in case the said Board shall deem it
necessary; they shall call out such military force, lawfully or-
ganized or existing in said City, as they may see fit, to aid them
in preventing threatened disorder or opposition to the laws, or
in suppressing insurrection, riot or disorder on election days,
and at all other times; and it shall be the duty of said military
force so called out, to obey such orders as may be given them
by said Board; whenever the exigency or circumstances may,
in their judgment, warrant it, the said Board shall have the
power to assume the control and command of all conservators
of the peace in the City of Baltimore, whether sheriffs, consta-
bles, police or others, and they shall act under the orders of the
said Board, and not otherwise; and in case of the refusal of the
said sheriff, or any policeman, constable, or other peace officer
or persons, to obey any lawful command of said Board under