652 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 283

Maryland (Revised Edition, 1915), title "City of Balti-
more," sub-title "General Powers," paragraph entitled "Fire"
and also to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 70
of said Article 4 (Revised Edition, 1915), sub-title ''Board
of Fire Commissioners."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That paragraph 5, Section 6 of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (Revised Edition, 1915), title
"City of Baltimore," sub-title "General Powers," paragraph
entitled "Fire" be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

(5) FIRE.

To establish and regulate fire wards and fire companies, and
all matters pertaining to the prevention and extinguishment of
fires. To appropriate a sum of money annually for the relief
of disabled and superannuated firemen, for the relief of the
widows and children of firemen who have been killed in the
discharge of duty, and to provide by general ordinance for giv-
ing pensions to employees of the Baltimore Fire Department
who may become unable to perform further service, by reason
of age, or other physical or mental disabilities. To retire from
office in the Fire Department any permanent or called member
thereof who has become permanently disabled while in
the actual performance of duty, or has performed faith-
ful service in the department for a period of not less
than twenty consecutive years, and placing the member
so retired upon a pension roll, the amount of annual
pension to each pensioner to be an amount equal to one-
half the yearly amount received bv members of said

department in active service occupying the same posi-
tion as, or positions most nearly similar to that occu-
pied by the said pensioner at the time of his retire-
ment, per annum, payable in monthly installments. To
appropriate annually such sums of money as shall be
sufficient to pension all such members of the Fire De-
partment as shall be upon the pension roll. To regu-
late the evil and pernicious practice of firing or dis-
charging crackers within the limits of said city, either by pro-
hibiting sale of the crackers or otherwise. To erect and pro-
vide magazines for the storage of gunpowder brought to the
city and to compel the storage of same therein, and to regulate
the price of said storage. To regulate the storage of naval