534 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cealed upon or about his person; and every person who shall
carry or wear such weapons openly, with the intent or purpose
of injuring any person, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
not more than five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not more
than six months in jail or in the House of Correction; that this
section shall not release or discharge any person or persons
already offending against the general law in such cases made
and provided, but any such person or persons may be pro-
ceeded against, prosecuted and punished under the general law
of this State as if this Article had not been passed.

763. The said Board of Police Commissioners are authorized,
empowered and directed to grant leave of absence with pay
for a period of fifteen days in each consecutive year of service
to each of the officers of police, policemen and detectives of the
regular force employed by said Board; nor shall any enforced
absence with leave on account of sickness or death, be de-
ducted from the pay of any such officer of police, policemen
or detective, or from the fifteen days' leave as herein pro-
vided for.

764. The Board of Police Commissioners are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to appoint and employ, in addition to
the number now authorized by law, fifteen additional proba-
tion officers, said officers so appointed to hold their places and
receive their pay under the provisions of law now in force and
applicable to probation officers.

Matrons at Station-Houses.

765. The Board of Police Commissioners of Baltimore
shall appoint two suitable women as matrons at four of the
station-houses in said City, and may, in their discretion, appoint
one or two suitable women as matrons at the other station-
houses in said City, one for day and the other for night service,
and shall provide a furnished room at each of said station-
houses for them.