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nomination at the expiration of the year as aforesaid, shall be
eligible for re-examination, and shall have opportunity to
secure a place on the next subsequent graded list, to be made
up for the grade or position to which he was eligible prior to
the expiration of the graded list containing his name as above
stated; and provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall apply to the graded lists already before said Board of
Police Commissioners, but that the graded lists and nomina-
tions for the grades of captain and lieutenant heretofore fur-
nished and made shall expire on December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and ten; and the graded lists and nominations for the
grade of round sergeant on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and ten; and the graded lists and nominations for the grade
of sergeant on September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten;
and the graded lists and nominations for the position of pro-
bationer on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven.
In the preparation of the graded list, the said Board of Police
Examiners shall ascertain by open competitive examinations
the relative qualifications of the respective candidates for ap-
pointment or promotion, and shall place the names of the
accepted candidates upon said graded lists in the order of
their relative qualifications, so ascertained by such competitive
examinations. The examinations shall be public and practical
in character and relate to those matters which shall fairly test
the relative capacity and fitness of the persons to discharge
the duties of the position in the said police force to which they
desire appointment or in which they seek promotion, including
their past record on the force. The graded lists shall always
be open to the inspection of the public.

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laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, otherwise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

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1910.

CHAPTER 512.

AN ACT to direct the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to pay the salaries of all officials or employees whose salaries
are paid by or through the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more on the first and fifteenth days of each month, unless
otherwise provided by ordinance.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it