652                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 244

ber of the Police Department of Baltimore County shall be so
retired until he shall have been examined by the Board of Ex-
aminers herein provided for and their findings as to the dis-
ability assigned as reason for a retirement shall have been cer-
tified by them to the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County; and provided that the members in the service of the
Police Department at the time of the passage of this Act shall
be credited with the amount of time which they shall have
served in said department to the same extent as though they
had served such period in said department after the passage of
this Act.

532. It shall be the duty of said Chief to require each
policeman, at such times of the day or night as he may be
upon duty, to preserve the public peace, prevent crime and
protect the rights of persons and property, to see that all
laws relating to the observance of Sunday and in regard to
gambling, intemperance, vagrants and disorderly persons are
strictly enforced and to assist the sanitary officer of his dis-
trict to enforce faithfully and strictly all laws, rules, and or-
ders that now exist or which may hereafter be passed or issued
for the purpose of maintaining and preserving the public
health, and to arrest all offenders against the laws of the State
and to take such offenders to the nearest justice of the peace for
said county; and for any neglect or violation of the provi-
sions of this section by any officer of the force, said Chief
shall suspend such officer and report his action in the case, with
the charges preferred in writing against such officer, to the
County Commissioners at their next meeting, for their investi-
gation and final action.

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533. The pay of each patrolman shall not be less than

seventy dollars per month and the pay of the Chief shall
not be less than one hundred dollars per month, and the
pay of such other officers as the County Commissioners may
designate in order to promote the proper government, discipline
and efficiency of said police force shall not be less than seventy
dollars per month; all pay rolls to be made out monthly and
certified as required by the County Commissioners; provided,
however, that nothing in this Act shall be taken to regulate the
pay of any special officer or station house keeper now or
hereafter to be appointed by the said County Commissioners
of Baltimore County, but their pay shall be entirely in the
discretion of said County Commissioners.