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oners arrested or confined by any police employee shall be
under the control of the Superintendent and may be re-
moved or transferred from one place of confinement to
another at his discretion. All costs of confinement to be
paid as now prescribed by law.

26. The Attorney General of the State shall be the at-
torney for, and represent the Department of Maryland State
Police.

27. All finances of the Department of the Maryland
State Police shall be regularly audited by the State Auditor
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State
Auditor's Department.

28. The Superintendent shall annually, within thirty
days following the close of the fiscal year of the Department,
make a full financial and operative report to the Governor
showing the activities of the Department. The report shall
describe and recommend such measures as the Superin-
tendent may deem helpful toward a more efficient adminis-
tration of the Department and the criminal laws. Upon re-
quest of the Governor, or upon his own initiative, the Super-
intendent shall also make special reports covering the above
subjects.

29. This Act shall be liberally construed, to the end
that the criminal laws may be efficiently enforced, and of-
fenders promptly and certainly apprehended.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any part or
parts of this Act, or of any section thereof, or part of a
section thereof, shall be held to be unconstitutional, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the re-
maining parts of this Act, or of any section thereof, or
parts of a section thereof. The Legislature hereby declares
that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act,
or of any section thereof, or part of any section thereof, if
it had known that such part or parts thereof, or of any
section thereof, would be declared unconstitutional.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of their inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect, and be in force and effect, from and after June
1st, 1935.

Approved April 18, 1935.