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exceed five (5) park police officers, one of whom shall be a ser-
geant, to be known as Sergeant of Park Policemen, said park
police officers to be appointed at such times as the Maryland-
National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall certify
the necessity of such appointment and its readiness to pay their
compensation and expense. The park police officers shall be
assigned to the patroling of such parks, park roads and drives
as may be established in Montgomery County under the author-
ity of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com-
mission, shall be under the control and supervision of the
Chief of Police of Montgomery County, and shall possess all of
the powers and authority of other Montgomery County Police
officers. All of the provisions of this sub-title which apply to
Montgomery County shall also apply to park police, except
where such application is inconsistent, or where the park
police are specifically excluded therefrom. The compensation,
uniforms and equipment and motor vehicles of said park police
shall be paid for and furnished by the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission, and shall be the same
as other Montgomery County Police of the same grade. Said
Montgomery County Police and park police shall hold their
positions until resignation, death, retirement as hereinafter
provided, inability, through sickness or injury, to perform the
duties of a police officer, or dismissal after trial before the
Police Trial Board, as hereinafter provided. Appointments to
fill vacancies or subsequently created positions in said county
police shall be made only from among the first ten names on
the current list certified to the Board of County Commissioners
by the Police Civil Service Commission, at the time of appoint-
ment as is required by Section 779, provided however, that this
requirement shall not apply to the first appointment of the
sixty-four (64) County Police and five (5) park police as is pro-
vided for in this sub-title. Each appointee shall be examined
by the Health Officer of Montgomery County and a written re-
port of his physical condition submitted by said Health Officer
to the Board of County Commissioners, before such appoint-
ment is final. In the event his physical condition is not satis-
factory to the Board, the name of such appointee shall be
dropped from the list, he shall be so notified, and some other
person from among the first ten names on said list shall be
selected for appointment, after passing said physical examina-
tion to the satisfaction of the Board.

782. Of the police appointed pursuant to Section 780 of
this title, the County Commissioners of Montgomery County
shall designate (a) three as lieutenants and one (1) as De-
tective-Lieutenant of the Montgomery County Police Force at
a salary not to exceed Twenty-five Hundred and Twenty
($2, 520. 00) Dollars per annum, payable monthly, (b) four (4)