524 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 514

eighteen (18) matrons; one (1) male stenographer; one (1)
lineman designated as superintendent; one (1) lineman desig-
nated as foreman and thirteen (13) linemen, Telephone and
Signal Division; eighteen (18) charwomen; three (3) hostlers;
thirty-eight (38) chauffeurs; one (1) chief engineer, two (2)
engineers and three (3) firemen, Marine Division; one (1)
foreman, sixteen (16) maintenance men, seven (7) laborers;
one (1) chief machinist; fourteen (14) machinists; one (1)
printer; twenty four (24) turnkeys; twenty-five (25) signal
and telephone operators; eight (8) station-house clerks, and
such number of clerks for duty at police headquarters as may
in the judgment of the said Commissioner be necessary.
(b) All patrolmen, policewomen, clerks, machinists, chauf-
feurs, matrons, turnkeys and printers during their first and
second years' service shall be known and regarded as on pro-
bation and shall not be entitled to receive advancement in
salary herein provided, unless their services during said pro-
bationary period have been satisfactory to the said Police
Commissioner, and unless they are certified to said Commis-
sioner by the Police Physicians as physically qualified to con-
tinue to discharge the duties of their respective positions, and
if their services during said probationary period have not been
satisfactory, or if they are not so certified by the Police
Physicians any such person shall, in the discretion of the
Commissioner, cease to be a member of the force or an em-
ployee of the Department.

The said police force may be increased at any time, if in the
opinion of the said Commissioner the public peace shall require
it, to any number and for such periods of time as he may think
proper, by the appointment of special patrolmen, who shall re-
ceive not less than three dollars and fifty cents ($3. 50) per day
for their services.

(c) When a vacancy occurs in the present classification of
Second Lieutenants, such position shall be considered abolished
and his successor shall be classified as a Sergeant-and receive
the same compensation as received by Sergeants.

(d) All Signal and Telephone Operators hereafter appointed,
shall be classified as Headquarters Clerks and receive the same
compensation as received by Headquarters Clerks.

The Police Commissioner may, with the written approval
both of the Governor of the State and the Mayor of Baltimore
City, appoint additional police officers, provided such written
authority shall specify the number of men or women to be
added to each grade or rank.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
they are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.