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allowed him at the date of his retirement; provided, however,
that such regular Policeman, Chief, Captain or Lieutenant shall
have served faithfully as a policeman of Hagerstown for not
less than fifteen years or he shall have been permanently dis-
abled in the discharge of his duty as a policeman of Hagers-
town, and the said Board of Street Commissioners shall in all
cases, before making such retirement, procure and file among
their records a certificate signed by at least two reputable
physicians of Hagerstown, that the person proposed to be re-
tired has been thoroughly examined by them, and that he is
incapable of performing active police duty, and the said Board
of Street Commissioners shall have power in their discretion,
to require any regular Policeman, Chief, Captain or Lieutenant
retired as aforesaid to perform light service in connection with
the police department of Hagerstown in or around the Head-
quarters of the Police Department at such periods as the Board
of Street Commissioners may determine, provided that it shall
be certified as aforesaid that such retired Policeman, Chief, Cap-
tain or Lieutenant is capable of performing such service.

Approved March 17th, 1914.

CHAPTER 97.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 254 of
Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Frederick County," sub-title "Frederick," as the same was
repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 359 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland passed at its Session in the year
1892, and further repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 550 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1906.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 254 of Article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County," sub-title "Fred-
erick," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 359
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at its
Session in the year 1892, and further repealed and re-enacted
by Chapter 550 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1906, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 254. The taxable limits of Frederick City shall be as
follows: Beginning at a large granite stone lettered No. I. B.
C. T. L., planted and standing on the west side of the Frederick