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766. No woman shall be appointed as a matron aforesaid
by the said Board unless she shall be recommended to said
Board within three months preceding her appointment, by at
least twenty women in good standing in said City, in writing,
as a suitable person for the position; and the said matrons shall
be appointed to serve for four years, subject to removal for
cause, after a hearing by the said Board, which is hereby vested
with jurisdiction in the premises.

767. The duties of each matron shall be to give such care
and advice and to perform such other police duties as may be
requisite and proper to the female persons, male children under
fourteen years of age and refugees in the station-house for
which said matron shall have been appointed.

768. Each of said matrons shall receive a salary of ten dol-
lars a week, to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, and it shall be included in the annual estimate of expenses
by said Board, certified to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore.

Militia.

769. Whenever the Board of Police Commissioners for the
City of Baltimore, or the Sheriff of any county, shall call out
any portion of the militia to aid in preventing threatened dis-
order or opposition to the laws, or in suppressing riot or dis-
order on election days, or at any other times, said military force
shall be deemed to be on detached service while under the
orders of the said Board or Sheriff; and the commanding officer
thereof shall not be subject to the orders of any superior officer
whatsoever, except the commander-in-chief.

Patrol Wagons.

770. The said Board of Police Commissioners are author-
ized and directed to construct, equip and maintain a telephone
alarm and patrol wagon service, with all necessaries, appliances