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the provisions of this section, they shall, respectively, be guilty
of a misdemeanor and punishable as in such cases made and
provided; and any officer of any military force in the City of
Baltimore, organized under any law now existing, or which
may hereafter be enacted by the General Assembly of this State,
who, upon being called on by the said Board as aforesaid, shall
refuse or wilfully fail to call out the force under his command,
or to obey the orders of the said Board, or to enforce by all
lawful means the performance of the duties to said force as-
signed; and any inferior officer or private who shall refuse or
wilfully fail to obey the orders of his superior officer in such be-
half, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable as in
such cases made and provided.

749. Whenever a vacancy shall take place in any grade of
officers (except the marshal and deputy marshal), it shall be
filled from the next lowest grade, if competent men can be
found therein; the Board of Police Commissioners are author-
ized to make all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with this sub-division of this Article, as they may judge neces-
sary for the appointment and employment, uniforming, disci-
pline, trial and government of the police and detectives, and
for the relief and compensation of the members of the police
injured in person and property in the discharge of their duty,
and the families of men or officers killed while in its perform-
ance; provided, that the allowance in any one instance shall not
exceed twelve months' pay; the said Board shall have power to
require of any policeman, officer of police or detective, bond
with sureties, when they may consider it demanded by the
public interest; all lawful rules and regulations of the Board
shall be obeyed by the policemen, officers of police and detec-
tives, on pain of dismissal or such lighter punishment as may
be prescribed by the said Board; and the said Board shall have
power to suspend from duty, fine or forfeit the pay of any offi-
cer or policeman, or suspend any rule or regulation made and
adopted by them.

750. No officer of police, policeman or detective shall be
allowed to receive any money as a gratuity or extra compensa-