T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

or on account of the political opinion of such police-
man, officer, or other person, or for any other cause
or reason than the fitness or unfitness of such per-
son, in the best judgment of the said Mayor or com-
missioners, for the place to which he shall be ap-
pointed or from which he shall be removed, and
the said oaths or affirmations shall be recorded and

CHAP. 7.

preserved among the records of said court; one of
their own number shall, from time to time, be ap-
pointed by said commissioners treasurer of the
board of police, and his appointment when made
shall be certified to the clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore city, under the seal of said board, the
said treasurer shall hold his office for such term as
may be designated by the commissioners, who may
remove him at pleasure, and shall be entitled to
additional compensation at the rate of five hundred

Treasurer.

dollars per annum for acting in that capacity; be-
fore he enters on the duties of his office of treasurer
he shall give bond to the State of Maryland, with
one or more sureties, in the penalty of fifty thou-
sand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge
of his duties as treasurer of the board of police, and
for the faithful application and payment over, pur-
suant to the order and directions of said board, of
all moneys which may come to his hands as such
treasurer; the bond of the treasurer shall be ap-
proved by the Judge of the Superior Court of Balti-
more city, and be kept and recorded by the clerk of
said court in the office thereof, together with the

Bond.

certificate of his appointment as aforesaid; a ma-
jority of the board of police shall constitute a quorum
and the failure or refusal of the Mayor or acting
Mayor of the city of Baltimore to qualify or act
hereunder, shall in no wise impair the right or
duty of said commissioners to organize and proceed

Quorum.

as herein provided; in case a vacancy shall happen
among the commissioners during the recess of the
Legislature, it shall be filled by the remaining
commissioners or a majority of them, the appoint-
ment so made to continue till the appointment and
qualification of some person for said vacancy, which
appointment shall be made by the General Assem-

Vacancy.

bly, on joint ballot, at the next regular session of
the Legislature, and the General Assembly shall
also, in like manner appoint commissioners to suc-
ceed those whose service shall expire, such appoint-
ment to be made at the session of the Legislature
immediately preceding such expiration; any one of

How new
commission-
ers are ap-
pointed.