ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  649

CHAPTER 244.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
521, 522, 523, 524, 530, 532, 533, 534, 537 and 539 of
Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition and Offutt's Edition of 1928), title "Balti-
more County, " sub-title "Police and Police Stations, " chang-
ing the name of Marshal of Police to Chief of Police, re-
ducing the age limit for appointment on the police force of
Baltimore County, making the Chief of Police eligible for
retirement on pension as herein provided and changing the
composition of the Board of Examiners for the Police De-
partment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 521, 522, 523, 524, 530, 532, 533,
534, 537 and 539 of Article 3 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition and Offutt's Edition of
1928), title "Baltimore County, " sub-title "Police and Police
Stations, " be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

521.     The County. Commissioners are authorized and re-
quired to appoint such number of policemen as they may deem
necessary for the better protection of persons and property in
Baltimore County, one of whom shall have control of said
police force and shall be designated as Chief; they shall
equip and arm said force and make such rules and regu-
lations for their proper government and discipline as they may
deem best to promote the efficiency of the same, a copy of which
rules and regulations shall be furnished to each officer, as well
as to the Chief, who shall see that they are strictly enforced.

522.    All appointments hereafter made to the police force
of Baltimore County shall be made from the qualified voters
thereof, and all applications for appointments shall be made
upon printed blanks to be furnished free of charge by the Coun-
ty Commissioners, wherein the applicant shall set forth in his
own handwriting his full name and age, the place and State
of his birth, his occupation for two years preceding his appli-
cation and such other information as the Commissioners may
require touching the merits and fitness of the applicant for the
position for which he applies; such application shall be signed
by the applicant, with his affidavit that the facts herein set
forth are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, and shall