904                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 651

CHAPTER 650
(Senate Bill 358)

AN ACT to add new Section 551A to the Charter and Public Local
Laws of Baltimore City (1949 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore City", sub-
title "Police Commissioner", sub-heading "Miscellaneous", to fol-
low immediately after Section 551 thereof, authorizing the Police
Commissioner of Baltimore City to expend certain funds under
his control and jurisdiction to defray legal expenses incurred
by police officers of the Police Department of Baltimore City
charged with crime as a consequence of acts done by them in the
course of their official duties.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 551A be and it is hereby added to the Charter and
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1949 Edition, being Article 4
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore
City", sub-title "Police Commissioner", sub-heading "Miscellaneous",
to follow immediately after Section 551 thereof, and to read as
follows:

551A.

In any case where a police officer of the Baltimore City Police
Department is charged with the commission of any crime in con-
sequence of any act done in the course of his official duty, the Police
Commissioner may, when in his sole judgment the best interests of
the public, and/or the Department, and/or the police officer so
charged would appear to warrant it, expend any funds under his con-
trol and jurisdiction which may have been appropriated either by
the City Council of Baltimore or by the General Assembly of Mary-
land for the express purpose of reimbursing such officers for legal
expenses incurred in defending against such charge of a criminal
offense; and provided further that said Police Commissioner is au-
thorized to expend for this purpose any other funds, not restricted to
specific vises and purposes, which said Police Commissioner may have
under his jurisdiction and control, though not appropriated either
by the City Council of Baltimore or by the General Assembly of
Maryland.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 651
(Senate Bill 380)

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the aggre-
gate amount of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($7,500,000.00), the proceeds thereof to be used exclusively for the
purpose of assisting the counties, municipalities or any agency
thereof in this State, on an equal matching basis to be reduced