HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1565

CHAPTER 862.
(Senate Bill 301)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 38 of Article 1A of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cumberland", sub-
title "Police and Fire", as said section was amended by
Chapter 34 of the Acts of 19, 37, and to add a new section
to said Article, said new section to be known as Section
38A and to follow immediately after Section 38 of said
Article, relating to the compensation and sick leave of
members of the police force of the City of Cumberland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 38 of Article 1A of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Cumberland", sub-title "Police and Fire", as said section
was amended by Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1937, be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and
that a new section be and it is hereby added to said Article
1A, said new section to be known as Section 38A, to follow
immediately after Section 38 of said Article; and all to
read as follows:

38. The Police and Fire Commissioner, with the sanc-
tion of the Mayor and City Council, shall have power to
organize the Fire Department of the City of Cumberland
on the basis of a two-platoon system, with the hours of
duty of each of said platoons to be prescribed by the Mayor
and City Council, who shall have the power to prescribe the
rules and regulations for the shifting of said platoons.

The Police and Fire Commissioner shall organize the
Police Department of said City on the basis of a three-
platoon system, with the hours of each of said platoons
to be prescribed by the Mayor and City Council, and said
Mayor and City Council shall have the power to prescribe
such rules and regulations for the shifting of said pla-
toons as it may deem necessary; and the assignment of
members of the Police Department to the various Platoons
or shifts shall be based upon the seniority of the members,
the said members of the Police Department shall have the
right to select or designate the particular Platoon or Shift
they are entitled to in accordance with their length of
service in the Department, provided, however, that the
said Police and Fire Commissioner shall have the power to
call the members of the police department for longer hours
in cases of emergency or unusual conditions or circum-
stances;; provided, further, that each member of the Police
Force shall be granted an annual vacation or leave of ab-
sence of fifteen days with pay after one year of service,