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CHAP. 7.
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telegraph in said city, and of all station houses,
watch-boxes, arms, accoutrements, and other ac-
commodations and things provided by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, for the use and
service of the police, created by the said Mayor and
City Council, as fully, and to the same extent, as
the same are now, or may be, used by or for the
said city police; and the said Mayor and City
Council, and all persons and municipal officers in
charge thereof, are hereby ordered and required to
allow such use accordingly; in case the said Mayor
and City Council, or its officers or agents, refuse or
neglect to allow such use, as and when the same
shall be required by said board, the said board
may apply to the Superior Court of Baltimore city,
in the name of the State, for a mandamus, to com-
pel a compliance with the provisions of this section,
and the application therefor shall be heard and de-
cided by the court; one week's notice of the appli-
cation shall be given, and the respondent or re-
spondents shall have the right to answer within the
week; and if testimony be needed on either side,
the same shall be taken within ten days after the
answer is filed, or the said week shall have expired;
from the decision of the Superior Court in the
premises, either party may appeal within ten days,
and it shall be the duty of the clerk to send up the
record immediately, and the appeal shall be heard
by the Court of Appeals, if then in session, and if
not in session, at the next term; in both courts the
case shall be taken up and tried in preference to all
others.
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Duty of the
sheriff.
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SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of
Baltimore city, whenever called on for that purpose
by said board, to act under their control for the
preservation, of the public peace and quiet, and if
ordered by them to do so, he shall, summon the
posse comitatus for that purpose, and hold and em-
ploy such posse subject to their direction; in case
the board shall deem it necessary, they shall call
out such of the military force lawfully organized or
existing in the said city as they may see fit, to aid
them in preventing threatened disorder, or opposi-
tion to the laws, or in suppressing insurrection,
riot or disorder on: election days, and at all other
times, and it shall be the duty of said military
force so called out to, obey such directions as may
be given them by the said board; whenever the
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