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served faithfully not less than sixteen years as such officer of po-
lice, policeman, detective, clerk, turnkey, or shall have been per-
manently disabled in the discharge of his duty as such officer of
police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey; and the said
Board shall in all cases, before making such retirement, procure
and file among their records a certificate signed by a majority of
the physicians appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners
as physicians of the Police Department, that the person pro-
posed to be retired has been thoroughly examined by them, and
that he is incapable of performing active police duty; and the
said Board of Police Commissioners shall have power, in their
discretion, to suspend payment to any such officer of police,
policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey for a term not to exceed
three months for the first offence, for the second offence for a
term not to exceed six months, and for the third offence, any
such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey
shall be subject to dismissal, upon proof given that the said
officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey, is living
an improper or immoral life.

778. The Board of Police Commissioners for the City of
Baltimore are authorized to pay out of the special fund men-
tioned in section 776 of this Article, the cost of the maintenance
and operation of the police patrol boat recently built and
manned by said Board under authority conferred by law on said
Board, including therein the wages of engineers and firemen of
said boat; and said Board are authorized to appoint on its force
two officers for said boat, who shall be styled commander and
first officer, respectively, of the police patrol boat, and shall have
the rank and pay of Lieutenants of Police of the City of Balti-
more.

779. The Board of Police Commissioners for the City of
Baltimore are hereby authorized, out of the special fund men-
tioned in section 776 of this Article, to pay the purchase money
of the ground needed for the erection of station-houses here-
after required for the uses of said Board, and also the cost of the
erection and repair of said station-houses.