ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1147

of his office, the Commissioner shall enter into bond to the
State of Maryland, with one or more sureties, in the penalty
of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful dis-
charge of his duties as such Commissioner; said bond to be
approved by the Judge of the Superior Court of the City of
Baltimore, and to be kept and recorded by the clerk of said
Court, in the office thereof, together with the certificate of
appointment as aforesaid, and shall also take and subscribe
before the said Judge of the Superior Court, or the clerk
thereof, the oath or affirmation prescribed by the sixth section
of the first article of the Constitution, and the further oath
or affirmation, that in every appointment, promotion, reduc-
tion in rank or removal to be made by him. to, in or from
the police force created and organized under this sub-division
of this Article, he will in no case, and under no pretext, ap-
point, promote, reduce in rank or remove any policeman or
officer of police, or detective, or any other person under him,
for or on account of the political opinions or affiliations of
such policeman, officer, detective or other person or for any
other cause or reason than the fitness or unfitness of such per-
son, in the best judgment of said Commissioner for the place
to which he shall be appointed, or from which he shall be
removed, and the said oath or affirmation shall be recorded
and preserved among the records of said Court.

The said Police Commissioner shall have and exercise all
the powers exercised by the Board of Police Commissioners
of Baltimore City and wherever the term or expression
"Board of Police Commissioners" is used in any of the
public local or public general laws of this State, such term
or expression shall be construed as applying to the Police
Commissioner created by this section.

Approved April 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 560.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to issue the stock of the said corporation to an
amount not exceeding fifty million ($50,000,00) dollars
for the purpose of developing, extending and improving
the harbor of Baltimore and its facilities, including the
right to purchase land and other property and the con-