1332                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 743

Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Commissioner shall
enter into bond to the State of Maryland, with one or more sureties,
in the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), conditioned
for the faithful discharge of his duties as such commissioner; said
bond to be approved by the Judge of the Superior Court of the City
of Baltimore, and to be kept and recorded by the clerk of said Court,
in the office thereof, together with the certificate of appointment as
aforesaid, and shall also take and subscribe before the said Judge
of the Superior Court, or the clerk thereof, the oath or affirmation
prescribed by the sixth section of the first article of the Constitu-
tion, and the further oath or affirmation, that in every appointment,
promotion, reduction in rank or removal to be made by him, in or
from the police force created and organized under this sub-division
of this Article, he will in no case, and under no pretext, appoint,
promote, reduce in rank or remove any policemen or officer of police,
or detective, or any other person under him, for or on account of
the political opinions or affiliations of such policeman, officer, detec-
tive or other person or for any other cause or reason than the fitness
or unfitness of such person, in the best judgment of said Commis-
sioner for the place to which he shall be appointed, or from which
he shall be removed, and the said oath or affirmation shall be
recorded and preserved among the records of said Court.

The said Police Commissioner shall have and exercise all the
powers exercised by the Board of Police Commissioners of Balti-
more City and wherever the term or expression "Board of Police
Commissioners" is used in any of the public local or public general
laws of this State, such term or expression shall be construed as
applying to the Police Commissioner created by this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this increase shall not
be effective for the Police Commissioner in office on the effective
date of this Act, but shall take effect with the next succeeding term
of office.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 15, 1957.

CHAPTER 743
(Senate Bill 247)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sub-section 5 of
Section 18A of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
(1951 Edition), (1956 SUPPLEMENT), title "Licenses", sub-title
"Pinball Machines", as enacted by Chapter 715 of the Laws of the
General Assembly of 1955, establishing a pinball licensing law for
Harford County , BALTIMORE COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE

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