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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 officers, and shall
have in any and all parts of the State the same powers with
respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the law
relating thereto, as sheriffs, constables, police officers, and
peace officers have in their respective jurisdiction, and shall
have all the immunities and matters of defense now available
or such as hereafter may be made available to sheriffs, con-
stables, police officers and peace officers, in any suit brought
against them in consequence 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 em-
ployee, may be executed by any police employee of the De-
partment in any part of the State according to the tenor there-
of 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 Ve-
hicles, 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, Section 171 to 209A, Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1929 Supplement, as said Article
56 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, 1929
Supplement, has been amended by all subsequent legislation,
and shall have all rights and duties as are granted, or may
be granted, unto motor cycle deputies of the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles by any Act or Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1935; provided, however, that Sections 21, 22
and 24, hereof, except to enforce the Motor Vehicle Laws of
this State shall not apply to Charles and Howard Counties.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.
Approved May 11, 1939.
CHAPTER 698.
(House Bill 635)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2
of Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1931, as amended by Chapter
2 of the Acts of 1933, reducing the salary of the members
of the Annapolis Metropolitan Sewerage Commission.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 2 of Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1931, as
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