222 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 266

(1943 Supplement), title "State Police, " giving the State
Police the same powers to enforce certain laws in Charles
County as in the other Counties of the State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 21 of Article 88B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "State Police, " be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

21. It shall be the duty of police employees of the
Department to prevent and detect crime, to apprehend
criminals, to enforce the criminal laws and motor vehicle
laws of the State, and to perform such other related duties
as may be imposed upon them by the Legislature, and to
this end, police employees of the Department shall be peace
officers, and shall have in any and all parts of the State,
the same powers with respect to criminal matters and the
enforcement of the law relating thereto, as sheriffs, con-
stables, police officers and peace officers have in their
respective jurisdiction, and shall have all the immunities
and matters of defense now available or such as hereafter
may be made available to sheriffs, constables, police officers
and peace officers, in any suit brought against them in
consequence of acts done in the course of their employment.
Any warrant of arrest issued by any magistrate of the
State, at the instance of any police employee, may be exe-
cuted by any police employees of the Department in any
part of the State according to the tenor thereof without
endorsement. All police employees shall have all the
powers, rights and duties which were or are granted unto
the motorcycle deputies of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, as set forth in Article 56, Sections 141 to 231,
inclusive, Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, and
shall have all rights and duties as are granted, or may be
granted unto motorcycle deputies of the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles by any Act or Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland of 1935.

Approved March 16, 19. 45.

CHAPTER 266.
(Senate Bill 316)

AN ACT to repeal Section 176 of Article 22 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title