HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 379

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Baltimore City, " sub-title "Police
Commissioner, " said new section to be known as Section
745AA and to follow immediately after Section 745A of
said Article and to read as follows:

745AA. No person shall be eligible to be a member of
the police force of Baltimore City in any capacity unless he
or she be a registered voter of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1935.

Approved: May 17, 1935.

CHAPTER 167.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
747A of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Baltimore City, " sub-
title "Police Commissioner, " relating to contracts for the
supply of uniforms to members of the Police Department
of Baltimore City.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 168.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Baltimore City, " sub-title "Special Fund, " said new
section to be known as Section 780 and to follow imme-
diately after Section 779 of said Article, to provide for
the compulsory retirement by the Police Commissioner
of the City of Baltimore of officers of police, policemen,
detectives, clerks, turnkeys and all other employees of the
Police Department who may be entitled to the benefits
provided by said special fund, who have reached the
age of seventy years, to give to those who have served
faithfully not fewer than twenty-five years the right,
on request, to be retired by said Police Commissioner,
and to provide that said officers of police, policemen,