The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-22
Miscellaneous.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
DUBLlC LOCAL LAW.
BETTER PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND
PROPERTY IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

AN ACT, To repeal An Act of January Session
eighteen hundred and seventy four, Chapter
three hundred and seventy four, entitled An
Act for the better protection of persons and
property in Baltimore county and to re- enact
the same with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted 5y the General Assem-
blu of Maryland, That the Act passed at January
Session. eighteen hundred and seventy four, Chap
ter three hundred and seventy four entitled An Act
for the better protection of persons and property
in Baltimore county, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re enacted so to read as follows ::
SEC. 2. And be 1t enacted, That the County Com
missioners of Baltimore county, be and they are
hereby authorized and required to appoint such
number of Policemen as they may deem necessary
for the better protection of persons and property
in Baltimore county, one of whom shall have con-
troll of said Police Force and shall be designated
as Marshal. The said County Commissioners
shall equip and arm said force and make such
rules and regulations for their proper government
and discipline as they may deem best to promote
the efficiency of the same. A copy of which rules
and regulations shall be furnished each officer,
as we'll as to the Marshal who shall see that they
are strictly enforced.
SEC. g. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of said Marshal to require each policemen, at
such times of the day night as he may be on duty,
to preserve the public peace, prevent crime and
protect the rights of persons and property, see
that all laws relating to the observance of Sunday
and regarding Gambling, Intemperance, Migrants
and Disordery Persons are strictly enforced and
to assist the Sanitary Officer of his district to
force faithfully and strictly all laws, rules and
orders that now exist or which may hereafter be
passed or issued for the purpose of maintaining
and preserving the public health, and to arrest
all offenders against the laws of the State, and to
take such offenders to the nearest Justice of the
Peace for said county, and for any neglect or vio
lation of the provisions of this Section by any
officer of the force, said Marshal shall suspend
such officer and report his action in the case, with
the charges preferred in writing against such
officer, to the Board of County Commissioners, at
their next meeting, for their investigation and
final action.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the pay of each
footman shall not be less than two dollars per day,
and the pay of the Marshal and four Chiefs of
Divisions, who shall be mounted and who shall
each furnish his own horse trappings, equipments
and forage for said horse, shall be three dollars
per day, all pay rolls to be made out monthly and
certified as required by the County Commissioners.
SEC. 5. And be 1t enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Baltimore county shall levy an
nually a sufficient sum not exceeding twenty five
thousand dollars upon the taxable property in
Baltimore county to pay said Policemen appoint
ed under this Act and for such other necessary
and proper expenses as in their judgment may be
required to promote the efficiency, discipline and
usefulness of such Police Force.
Sec 6. And be at enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the first day Of May next.
HENRY LLOYD,
Governor of Maryland.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
President of the Senate.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing is a cor
rect copy of an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland passed January Session. 1886.
W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
E. B. PRETTYMAN,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
May ST..