ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 11

perform all clerical duties devolved upon said Board by law
in connection with all the elections held in said city as may
be required of him by said Board; said secretary shall enter
into bond to the State of Maryland in the same manner as is
by law prescribed for said Commissioners in the sum of five
thousand dollars, condition for the faithful discharge of his
duties aforesaid, and the safe-keeping of all property placed in
his hands as aforesaid, and shall receive the salary of thirty-
five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) per annum, payable monthly.
743. The Board of Police Commissioners are hereby au-
thorized to employ an additional officer, to be known as assist-
ant secretary to the Board, whose salary shall be twenty-three
hundred ($2,300.00) dollars per annum, payable monthly;
and the said Board are also hereby authorized to employ two
assistants to the secretary of the Board at the salary of two
thousand dollars ($2,000.00) each per. annum, payable
monthly.

745. The said Board of Police Commissioners are author-
ized and required immediately on entering upon the duties of
their office to appoint, enroll and employ a permanent police
force for the City of Baltimore, which they shall arm and
equip as they may judge necessary under such rules and regu-
lations as they may from time to time prescribe, and the said
Board shall have the power to remove any police officer or offi-
cer of police, or any detective, for any violation of any rule
or regulation which they may make and promulgate to the
said police force, officers of police or any detective; said police
force shall consist of one marshal and one deputy marshal of
police; and for each police district, one captain, two lieuten-
ants, two round sergeants, two turnkeys (who shall have the
rank of patrolman), and one clerk, and not more than three
signal and telephone operators at each station house; four
additional captains, one of whom shall be assigned to have
charge of the detective office, one of whom shall be assigned
to have charge of the patrol boats, one of whom shall be as-
signed to have charge of the police department horses, wagons,
motor vehicles and stables; and one of whom shall be the
superintendent of the police signal and telephone service;
three additional lieutenants, one of whom shall be assigned to
have charge of the Bureau of Identification, one of whom shall
he assigned to the said police patrol boats, and one of whom
shall be assigned to night duty at Police Headquarters: and