THEODORE E. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1269

Baltimore City (1949 Ed. ), title "Miscellaneous Local
Laws", sub-title "Police Commissioner", heading "Miscel-
laneous", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

553. The Police Commissioner shall cause to be kept
[by his secretary, ] a full report of his proceedings, and
also cause all his receipts and disbursements of money to
be faithfully entered in books to be provided for that pur-
pose; and said books, journals and all other documents in
the possession of said Commissioner, shall always be open
to inspection by the General Assembly, or any committee
appointed by it for that purpose; and it shall be the duty
of the said Commissioner to report to the General Assembly
at each regular session, or as may hereafter be directed by
said General Assembly, the number and expense of the
police force employed by him under this sub-division of
this Article, and all such other matters as may be of public
interest in connection with the duties assigned to him;
and said books, journals and other documents, and the
vouchers for all payments by said Police Commissioner
shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Mayor and
City Treasurer, or either of them; and it shall be the duty
of the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore to examine all
bills and accounts presented by said Police Commissioner
and the vouchers therefor; provided, however, that when-
ever the Police Commissioner maintains permanently for
such inspections photographic, photocopied or micropho-
tographed copies of any of said books, journals, vouchers,
reports or other said documents in compliance with the
provisions of Section 127B of Article 41 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland as enacted by Chapter 518 of the Acts
of 1949, then the originals thereof more than three years
old may be destroyed, with the written approval of the
Board of Public Works, in compliance with the provisions
of Sections 127A and 127C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land as enacted by Chapter 755 of the Acts of 1949.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all of the members elected to each
of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 20, 1951.