T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

section of the fourth article of the Code of Public
Local Laws, which gives to the Mayor of the city
of Baltimore, the Judge of the Criminal Court of Bal-
timore, and the Judge of the Superior Court of Bal-
timore city, the power to order out the Militia in
certain cases therein mentioned, be and the same is
hereby repealed.

CHAP. 7.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 7.

In force.

AN ACT to amend the fourth article of the Code
of Public Local Laws, by amending the thirty-
third section of said article, relating to the
police and general powers of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, and repealing the seven
hundred and seventy-fourth, seven hundred and
seventy-fifth, seven hundred and seventy-sixth
and seven hundred and seventy-seventh sections
of said article relating to the Police of said city,
and the power of the Mayor and City Council to
establish and regulate the same, and inserting in
said article in lieu of the section so repealed the
following section, for the purpose of providing a
permanent Police for the city of Baltimore.

Passed Feb.
2, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the following be a substitute
for section thirty-three of the fourth article of the
Code of Public Local Laws: They may pass ordi-
nances for preserving order, securing property and
persons from violence, danger or destruction, pro-
tecting the public and city property, rights and
privileges from waste or encroachment, and for
promoting the great interests and insuring the good
government of the city; but no ordinance hereto-
fore passed, or that shall hereafter be passed by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, shall in any
manner conflict or interfere with the powers or the

City ordinan-
ces not to ob-
struct the
police.