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ered to employ such persons as may be necessary in the
performance of its duties and in the exercise of its powers,
engineering, clerical or otherwise, and pay the compensa-
tion and incur any necessary expenses therefor, within
the limits of the funds provided for the said Commission.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1945.

Approved March 8; 1945.

CHAPTER 209.
(Senate Bill 161)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
358 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title "Hagers-
town, " sub-heading "Mayor and Council, " as amended
by Chapter 236 of the Acts of 1943, providing for the
elimination of limitations on the compensation of mem-
bers of the Police Force, and clarifying the language.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 358 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title
"Hagerstown, " sub-heading "Mayor and Council, " as
amended by Chapter 236 of the Acts of 1943, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

358. The Board of Street Commissioners shall appoint
as many regular policemen as they may deem necessary for
the good government of the city, and the said Street Com-
missioners shall designate one of said Policemen as "Cap-
tain, " one as "Lieutenant, " and one as "Captain of Detec-
tives. " The said policemen shall serve under such rules
and regulations, and for such compensation, as the Board
of Street Commissioners shall direct, and said police or
policemen shall be subject to removal for cause. The Board
of Street Commissioners shall have power to appoint special
policemen, if in their judgment the circumstances of the
city shall require it; provided, however, that the term
of appointment of such special policemen shall not
exceed a period of thirty days. The Fire Marshal and
Assistant Fire Marshals provided for by ordinance of the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, for the more effective