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entitled to the rank of lieutenants. The provisions of this
section shall extend to and include all members of the police
force of Baltimore City heretofore retired by the said Police
Commissioner, including those members retired prior to Janu-
ary 1st, 1907, and the said Police Commissioner shall in all
cases before retiring any officer of police, policeman, detec-
tive, clerk or turnkey, procure and file among their records a
certificate signed by a majority of the physicians appointed
by the Police Commissioner as physicians of the Police De-
partment, that the person proposed to be retired has been
thoroughly examined by them, and that he is incapable of per-
forming active police duty; and it shall be the duty of any
such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey so
retired to perform such police duties, and at such times as
the Police Commissioner shall deem proper, said terms of
service not to exceed seven days during any year, and for
such services no extra compensation shall be allowed by said
Commissioner; and the said Police Commissioner shall have
the power, in his discretion, to suspend payment to any such
officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey for a
term not to exceed three months for the first offense; for the
second offense for a term not to exceed six months, and for
the third offense any such officer of police, policeman, detec-
tive, clerk or turnkey shall be subject to dismissal, upon proof
that the said officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or
turnkey is living an improper or immoral life.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 7, 1943.

CHAPTER 528.
(House Bill 437)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section
(a) of Section 9 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "State Roads", as said sec-
tion was amended by Chapter 888 of the Acts of 1941,
authorizing the use of the Lateral Road Gasoline Tax Fund
in Caroline County for debt service payments.

(Vetoed. )