HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 617

States Department of Justice at Washington, D. C., with
bureaus of identification maintained by any municipality
within or without the State of Maryland, and with bureaus
of identification maintained by other States.

21. It shall be the duty of police employees of the De-
partment to prevent and detect crime, to apprehend crim-
inals, to enforce the criminal laws and motor vehicle laws
of the State, and> to perform such other related duties as
may be imposed upon them by the Legislature, and to this
end, police employees of the Department shall be peace of-
ficers, and shall have in any and all parts of the State, the
same powers with respect to criminal matters and the en-
forcement of the law relating thereto, as sheriffs, con-
stables, police officers and peace officers have in their re-
spective jurisdiction, and shall have all the immunities and
matters of defense now available or such as hereafter may
be made available to sheriffs, constables, police officers and
peace officers, in any suit brought against them in conse-
quence of acts done in the course of their employment. Any
warrant of arrest issued by any magistrate of the State,
at the instance of any police employee, may be executed by
any police employee of the Department in any part of the
State according to the tenor thereof without endorsement.
All police employees shall have all the powers, rights and
duties which were or are granted unto the motor cycle
deputies of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, as set
forth in Article 56, Sections 171 to 265, inclusive, Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924 Edition, and as set
forth in Article 56, Sections 171 to 209-A, Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1929 Supplement, as said Arti-
cle 56 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
1929 Supplement, has been amended by all subsequent legis-
lation, and shall have all rights and duties as are granted,
or may be granted, unto motor cycle deputies of the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles by any Act or Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1935; provided, how-
ever, that Sections 21, 22, and 24, hereof, except to enforce
the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State shall not apply to
Charles, Calvert, Howard and Montgomery Counties.

22. The police employees of the Department shall en-
force the fish, oyster and game laws of the State, and the
law enacted for the protection and conservation of forests,
woods, and other natural resources, and shall have all
powers, rights and duties possessed by wardens, foresters
or conservation officers of the State of Maryland.