J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        491

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 548 of the Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City (1949 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Police Commissioner," subtitle "Miscellaneous,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

THAT NEW SECTION 548A BE AND IT IS HEREBY ADDED TO
THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF BALTIMORE CITY
(1949 EDITION, BEING ARTICLE 4 OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
LOCAL LAWS OF MARYLAND), TITLE "BALTIMORE CITY,"
SUBTITLE "POLICE COMMISSIONER," SUBHEADING "MIS-
CELLANEOUS," TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER SEC-
TION 548 THEREOF, AND TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

548.

It shall be his duty to estimate annually what sum of money will

be necessary for each current fiscal year to enable him to discharge

the duty imposed on him, and he shall forthwith certify the same

to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, who are required without
delay, specifically to assess and levy such amount as shall be sufficient

to raise the same clear of all expenses and discounts upon all the

assessable property in the City of Baltimore, and cause the same to

be collected as all other city taxes; and it is made the duty of the

Treasurer of Baltimore, and he is required to collect said tax, to be
denominated the police tax; and the said Police Commissioner, upon
and after qualifying as such is authorized to make requisitions from
time to time upon the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore, or other
proper disbursing officer of the corporation, for such sums of money
as he may from time to time deem necessary for the purpose of carry-
ing out the objects and intentions of this subdivision of this Article;

provided, the same shall not exceed in any one year the amount so

as aforesaid certified, or which may thereafter be certified for that

year, to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore aforesaid; and in

case the said disbursing officer shall not forthwith pay over the

amount of each requisition as made, it shall be the duty of the said

Commissioner, and he is authorized and required to issue certificates

of indebtedness, in the name of the Mayor and City Council of Bal-

timore, in such sum as he may deem advisable for the amount of such
requisitions, respectively, bearing interest at six per cent, per annum,

payable at not more than twelve months after date, and signed by

the said Commissioner, and to raise the money on said certificates
by pledging or disposing of the same, which certificates shall be
receivable at par in payment of city taxes, and be as binding on said

corporation and as recoverable against it as if the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore had themselves issued the same; and the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore shall have no power or authority to

levy or collect any tax or appropriate any money for the payment

of any police force other than that organized and employed under

this subdivision of this Article; and no officer or other employee of

the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall disburse any

money therefor; and the power of said Mayor and City Council to

levy and collect taxes and appropriate and disburse money for the
payment of the police force organized and employed under this sub-
division of this Article shall be exercised as herein directed, and not
otherwise; and in case the amount so as aforesaid to be estimated