, 918 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 537

to the contrary notwithstanding, to enter into all such
contracts, agreements, stipulations or arrangements, deeds,
conveyances or transfers with the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore as may be necessary or proper for the pur-
poses of this Act or any of them.

SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, That the powers
by this Act conferred upon the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore are intended to be in addition to, and not
to be in substitution for, any power heretofore conferred
by law upon it, in relation to the municipal water supply
of Baltimore City, except where inconsistent therewith.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore is hereby empowered at any
and all times during the progress of the work herein
authorized and any and all parts thereof, at its own ex-
pense, to maintain an efficient police service for the pur-
pose of preserving the public peace, protecting property
and preventing crime within the territory occupied or
used by it or its employees in the prosecution of said
work, or by the employees of contractors or sub-contractors
engaged on such work; the officers so employed by said
City to have the power to make arrests of persons offend-
ing within such territory, wherever found within the State.
Such offenders shall be tried in the county in which the
offense may be committed, and in the event of conviction
and imposition, of a jail sentence, whether by the Circuit
Court for such county, or by a Justice of the Peace thereof,
shall be committed to the Baltimore City Jail instead of
to the county jail; and, in all such cases, the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore shall reimburse the county in
which such offense is committed for all costs and expenses
. actually incurred by it, including the sum of eighty-five
cents per day for every person committed for trial to the
jail of such county, in proceedings against, and the trial
and commitment of, such offenders, court costs to be
prorated by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for such county
upon the basis of time actually consumed in such trials
or other proceedings; all such costs to be adjusted and
paid semi-annually. Said police service as to any county
affected by the provisions of this Act shall be subject to
the supervision and direction of the marshal or chief of
the police force of such county.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever any
state road or bridge under the jurisdiction of the State
Roads Commission shall be destroyed or rendered impas-
sable, in whole or in part, by the City of Baltimore, in