632 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1908.

CHAPTER 741.

AN ACT to add to article 4, Public Local Laws, entitled "City
of Baltimore," sub-title "Police Commissioners," a new sec-
tion, to follow section 745F, and to be designated as section
745G, said section relating to detectives.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
article 4, Public Local Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore," sub-
title "Police Commissioners," to follow section 745F, and to be
designated as section 745G.

SEC. 745G. The detectives provided for in section 745 of this
sub-division of this article shall be appointed by the Board of
Police Commissioners solely from the uniform force below the
grade of round sergeant and above the position of probationer;
detectives shall have a grade in the permanent police force
equal to that of round sergeant, with the right of promotion
from such grade and subject to reduction therefrom to the next
lower grade in the same manner as round sergeants upon the
uniform force; the said detectives shall not be allowed to follow
any other business, or profession, but shall devote their entire
time to the discharge of their duties as detectives; they shall
be selected without competitive examination and solely on
account of their special fitness and qualification, in the judg-
ment of the Board of Police Commissioners, to perform detec-
tive work; provided, .however, that the Board of Police Commis-
sioners shall have the power, in its discretion, to transfer from
the detective service and return to the grade in the uniform
force from which he may have been selected, any member .of
the force so as aforesaid appointed a detective, who, in the
judgment of the said board, after reasonable length of em-
ployment in the detective service, may be found not qualified
to satisfactorily discharge the duties of a detective, and when so
transferred and returned, such member shall only be entitled
to receive the pay of the grade in the uniform force to which
he may be transferred and returned.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and Darts of
laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, otherwise
to remain in full force and effect.