636 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

instalments, out of said fund, for life, a sum of money equal to
one-half the amount of money now paid monthly to an officer
of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey as provided by
law; provided, however, he shall have served faithfully not less
than sixteen years as such officer of police, policeman, detec-
tive, clerk or turnkey, or shall have been permanently disabled
in the discharge of his duty as such officer of police, policeman,
detective, clerk or turnkey; and after the passage of this Act,
in the event of an increase in the pay of officers of police, police-
man, detective, clerk or turnkey by the General Assembly of
Maryland, every officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or
turnkey who shall be retired by the said Board of Police Com-
missioners, shall be entitled to and the said Board of Police
Commissioners shall pay to him in the manner and at and for
the length of time provided in this section for the pay of the
members of the police force enumerated who shall be retired by
said Board of Police Commissioners, the sum of money over and
above that which said officer of police, policeman, detective,
clerk or turnkey shall be paid at the time of his retirement by
said Board of Police Commissioners; and the provisions of this
Act shall extend to and include all members of the police force
of Baltimore City heretofore retired by the said Board of Po-
lice Commissioners, and the said Board of Police Commission-
ers shall in all cases, before retiring any officer of police, po-
liceman, detective, clerk or turnkey, procure and file among
their records a certificate signed by a majority of the physi-
cians appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners as phy-
sicians of the Police Department, that the person proposed to
be retired has been thoroughly examined by them and that he
is incapable of performing active police duty; and it shall be
the duty of any such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk
or turnkey so retired to perform such police duties, and at such
times as the Board of Police Commissioners shall deem proper,
said terms of service not to exceed seven days during any year,
and for such services no extra compensation shall be allowed
by said board; and the said Board of Police Commissioners
shall have the power, in their discretion, to suspend payment
to any such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turn-
key for a term not to exceed three months for the first offense;
for the second offense, for a term not to exceed six months, and
for the third offense any such officer of police, policeman, detec-
tive, clerk or turnkey shall be subject to dismissal, upon proof
that the said officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or
turnkey is living an improper or immoral life.

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

Approved April 13, 1910.