THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1635

become members of the police force of the City of Fred-
erick. For each such examination he shall be paid by the
applicant the sum of three dollars. The type of physical
examination shall be the same as the United States Federal
Employees Civil Service physical examination. The com-
missioners shall within the time provided by ordinance or
in the rules and regulations to be adopted by the board of
aldermen submit to the mayor a list of names of all appli-
cants whom they deem qualified to be appointed policemen
and who have passed the examination herein provided for,
together with the rating of each applicant. From such list
the mayor shall appoint such number of policemen as is
now or may hereafter be provided for by ordinance, sub-
ject to confirmation by the board of aldermen. The provi-
sions of this section shall not apply to the appointment of
special or part-time policemen, nor to the appointment of
a chief of police or director of public safety, nor to the
reappointment of any members of the present regular
police force, who were appointed December 13, 1940. At
such time as it may be decided to give effect to Sections 126
through 136, the mayor and board of aldermen may place
the policemen under the provisions of those sections or
continue them under the provisions of Article XVI of this
charter.

REMOVAL

194. The board of aldermen is hereby authorized to
provide by ordinance or by rules and regulations passed in
pursuance therewith, such regulations, restrictions and
provisions as it shall think proper and desirable for the
efficient operation of the police force. The commissioners
upon their own initiative or upon complaint filed with
them (or with any one of them) pertaining to any matter
relating to the police department, shall make such investi-
gation as the matter may warrant and report their findings
to the board of aldermen. Any person against whom
charges have been preferred or complaints made shall be
entitled to be heard before the commissioners. The com-
missioners shall take such action as they shall think proper
after such hearing and report. The DIRECTOR OF PUB-
LIC SAFETY OR CHIEF OF POLICE, WITH THE CON-
SENT OF THE mayor shall have the authority to suspend,
for a period of not more than ten days, any policemen for
an infraction of the rules and regulations governing the
police force. No policeman who has been discharged shall
be eligible for reappointment.

The following offenses and such as may hereafter be
prescribed by ordinance or rules and regulations adopted