884 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 417

(g) The provisions of this section shall apply to all
employees of the City in the Police and Fire Departments.

(h) The Chief of Police shall attend upon the Court
which may be designated by law for the trial of offenses
arising under this Act, under any Ordinance, rule or regu-
lation enacted by the Mayor or City Council pursuant to
the City Charter, and shall promptly and faithfully execute
all writs and processes issuing from said Court. He shall
be the Chief Police Officer of the said City, and shall have
like power with the Sheriff of the County to execute the
writ of search warrant. He shall be active in quelling
riots, disorders and disturbances of the peace within the
limits of said City, and shall take into custody all persons
so offending against the public peace, and shall have the
authority to take suitable and sufficient bail for the appear-
ance before said court of any person charged with an
offense within the jurisdiction of said court; and it shall be
his duty to arrest all persons who shall obstruct or interfere
with him in the execution of the duties of his office or who
shall be guilty of disorderly conduct or any disturbance
whatever. He shall give such bond for the faithful per-
formance of his duty, and perform such other duties and
possess such other powers, rights and authority, in addi-
tion to those herein provided, as the said Mayor and City
Council may require and confer upon him, not inconsistent
with the Constitution of the laws of this State, and the
provisions of this Act. In the case of absence, sickness or
inability to act of the Chief of Police, the said Police and
Fire Commissioner shall have the power, and it shall be
his duty to designate some other member of said Police
Department as Acting Chief of Police during the period of
such absence, sickness or inability of said Chief of Police.

(i) The Chief of the Fire Department shall be charged
with the duty of superintending and directing the extin-
guishment of fires, and preservation and safe-keeping of all
fire engines, hose and other apparatus used in connection
therewith; and it is hereby made his duty to keep away
from the vicinity of any fire, all idle and suspicious and
disorderly persons, and to compel all officers of the City
and all other persons to aid in the extinguishment of fire
and the preservation of property exposed to danger there-
after and in preventing goods from being stolen and gen-
erally to carry out and enforce such regulations for the
prevention and extinguishment of fire as may be by said
Mayor and City Council, deemed expedient.