Year: 1860

be citizenship of the United States ability to read am


write good character and physical strength and


The policemen shall be employed to serve for five wears


ana be subject to removal only for cause after hearn


by the Board who are hereby invested with excIusiv
jurisdiction in the premises. Any policeman whose tern


of service shall expire and who during his employment


shall have faithfully performed his duty shall if other


wise quaheu be preferred by the Board in making he
! new appointments


The Officers of Police shall be as follows: One Marsha
9i 9i ronce one Deputy Marshal eight Captains, eigh
twentyfour Sergeants and eight Turnkeys
They shall be appointed by the Board for such times
the Board shall determine and'be subject to removal By
the Board for cause .


rhe pay Of the ordinary policemen shall be ten dollars
week, payable semi monthly, and, in case the Board
shall appoint detective policemen which thew NAV do tc
the number OF five, the detectives shall receive tIe like
sum, payable semi mi-monthly.


The Officers of Police shall be paid semi.monthIv and
their pay shall be follows The Marshal shall receive
fifteen hundred dollars year. the Deputy Marshal one
thousand dollars year. each Captain, thirteen dollars
week, each Lieutenant, eleven dollars and fifty cents
week; each Sergeant, ten dollars and fifty cents week
and each Turnkey, eight dollars and fifty week


whenever vacancy shall take place in any grade of
officers except the Marshal and Deputy Marshal il shall
be hlled from the next lowest grade if competen
can be found therein The Board of Police are hereby
authorized to make all such rules and regulations not
inconsistent with this Act they may Judge necessary
Tor the appointment employment, unorming discipline
trial and nment of the Police and for he relief
compensation of members of the Police force injured in
person and property in the discharge duty and of
the families of men or officers killed while in s nerf
NANCE provided that the allowance shall not exceed in
any one instance twelve months pay The said Board
shall also power to require Of anv ofcer nr noi
man bond with sureties where they NAV consider IL de-
manded by the public interest All lawful rules and
regulations Of the Board shall be obeyed by the Police
iorce on pain Of dismssa such lighter punishment
either by suspension fine reduction forfeiture of
or otherwise, as the Board shall adjudge


NO oincer OF police policeman shall be allowed
TO receive any money, gratuity or extra
compensation for any services he may render with
uua tne consent oi the said Board; and all such
moneys as any policeman or officer of police may he so
permitted to receive shall be paid the said Board
and with the proceeds of all fines foretures
pehalues, ana unclaimed property which may come to


the of the Board recovered by them under
the provisions of this any other Act shall form fund
which the Board may apply towards the allowances to
llcemen and officers Of police and their families herein
before authorized and for extra pay such of
the force by gaantry and good conduct on
nary occasions, may be judged to merit it,


SEC D. And be 1t enacted, That the said Board
s pe ana they are hereby authorized to providethem
serves with such offices, and office furniture and other
thngs and such clerks and other subOrdnates as hey
may need, and to have ana use common Seal They
dVloe the city into the needfu number of police
districts, and provide if necessary in each of them
station House or Houses with all things and attendants


required Tor the same and all such other accommodations


s may oe requisite for the police The said Board for
the purposes of this Act shall have the use of the Fire
Alarm and Police Telegraph in said City, of all sta
ton Houses, Wach-BoXes, Arms, Announcements and
other accommodations and things provided by the ayor
and City Council of Baltimore, for the use and SER
wee wee @ OF the police created by said Mayor and
Cny Council, as fully and to the same extent
as the same are now, may be used by or for
the said City Police; and the said Mayor and CITY
Council and all persons and municipal officers in charge


thereof are hereby ordered required to allow sucb
use accordingly In the said Mayor and CITY Council
orlts ocerS or agents. refuse neglect
use, as ana when the same shall be required by said
Board the said Board may apply the Superior Court
OF Baltimore City, in the name Of the State for manda-
mus to compel compliance with the provisions of this
section and the application therefor shall be heard and
decided by the Court One weeks notice of the applica
ton shall be given and the Respondent shall have ba
right TO anS wer within the week. and if testimony be
needed on either side the shall taken within ten
DAYS after the answer filed From the decision of the
Superior Court in the premises either party NAV appeal
within ten days and it shall be the duty of the Clerk to
send up the record immediately the appeal shall be
" hn fnt tpf A,Nraa Sr.l.a.
not in session. at the term In both Courts the said
case shall be taken up and tried in preference all 9th
ers


SEC. !6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Sheriff of Baltimore CITY, whenever
called on for that purpose by said Board to
act under their control for the preservation of the
public peace and quiet and ordered by the TO do So
he shall summon the comitaS for that purpose
and hold and employ such posse subject their direction
In case the Board shall deem it necessary they shall call
out such of the military force the adcty as thew NAV
see fit to aid them in preventing threatened disorder or
opposition 70 the laws or in Suppressing nsurrecton
riot or disorder on election days at all other times
ana 1t shall be the duty OF said military force so called
out 10 obey such directions may be given them by the
said Board Whenever the exigency NAV in their udp-
ment warrant it, the said Board shall power to as
sumo the control and command of all conservaor of the
peace IN the City of Baltimore, whether Sheriff. Consta
bes Police Others and they shall act under the orders
oil Said Board and not otherwise. And in case Of the
refusal OF the said Sheriff. any policeman, constable
or other officer person obey any lawful com
mand OF said Board under the provisions of this section
they shall respectively be liable to the penalties follow
ing that is to say


The said Sheriff penalty of Five Thousand Dollars.
any other peace officer to a penalty of Five Hundred
Dollars and any private citizen penalty of One Hun
dred and Fifty Dollars said penalties to be recoverable
by ald Board by civil action in the of the State
And any officer of any military force in the CITY of Bal
more organized under the laws of this State who upon
being called on by said Board aforesaid shall refuse or
Wluy tail to call out the force under his command or
to obey the directions of said Board to enforce by all
lawful means the performance of the duties said force
Dollars and any inferior officer or private of ucb force
who shall refuse wilfully al obey the summons or
be liable to penalty of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
such penalties to he recoverable as aforesaid


SEC T. And tbe 1t enacted, That soon as the Board
Sreted Dy this act shall hold their first meeting it shall
be their duty to inform the Marshal Deputy Marshal of
Police in the City of Baltimore that they require his at
tendance upon thcm which attendance officer noli
ned, shall be bound to give under penalty of $500 To
be by action at law instituted by said Board
in the the State and from and after the 6rsf
meeting aforesaid the whole existing Police force in the
City of Baltimore both officers and men shall pass under
the exclusive management and control of Board
neither orders Except arrearages then duel from
any other authority and shall continue subject how.
ever to removal suspension at the discretion of sald
Boar and with the power to fill vacancies until the
Board shall publicly declare that the Of a
police force created by this is complete Upon such
pupc declaration and from the time thereof the Act of
Assembly passed at January session. 1858 chapter 49,
entitled An Act to provide for the better security of life
and property in the City Of Baltimore by increasing
arming the police force thereof shall and it is hereby
declared to be repealed with the exception of the 4th
section thereof and all ordinances of the Mavor and Ctv
Council of Baltimore, and especially the ordinance ap-
proved June 11th 1883 entitled Ordinance to estab
lish Police for the City of Baltimore" hereby an
nued and declared void far they conflict with this
Act confer upon the Mayor any other person the
power to appoint dismiss in any way or to any ex-
tent employ control the police organized under said
aS ordinance and from and after such public
declaration as aforesaid the police force organized under
the said ordinance shall exist and all its fnnr.
tions and powers be at end.


SEC. s. And be at enacted, That it shall be the
duty OF the said Board to estimate, with all
venient speed, what sum of money will be necessa-
ry for each current fiscal year, to enable them to
discharge the duties hereby imposed on them and
they shall forthwith certify the tn the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, who are hereby required
without delay and at the time when the other city Ievies
are made specifically assess and levy such amount as
sha be sufficient to raise the same clear of all expenses
and discounts upon all the assessabe property in the
CITY OF Baltimore and cause the to be elected all
city taxes. And is hereby made the duty of the
Collector of the City of Baltimore and he is required
collect said tax and from and after the passage of this
Act bill of city taxes other than for interest city
funded debt. Except bills of City Taxes payable before
the year 1907 shall be demandable recoverable from
any person by the Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore
unless the same shall contain the proper charge for such
tax, to he denominated the Police Tax And the said
Board OF Police is hereby authorized make acquisitions
from time to time upon the Mayor Register, Comptroller
of the City of Baltimore other proper disbursing officer
OF the Corporation for such Of money they may
deem necessary for executing duties under this Act
provided however the not exceed in any wear
the amount so as aforesaid certified for that year the
Mayor and City Council aforesaid and in the said
disbursng officers shall not forthwith pay over the
amount Of each requston made it shall be the duty
of said Board and they are hereby authorized and





the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore amount
of such reqdstions bearing interest per cent per
annum, payable at not than twelve months after
date and signed by majority Of the Board, and raise
the money said certificates by pledgng or isposnp Of
the which certificates shall be receivable at par in
pay ment OF City Taxes and be binding said Corpo
ration and as recoverable against it. if the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore had themselves issued said GER
thcates And from and after the passage this Act


Mayor and CITY Council Of Baltimore shall have power
authority to levy collect any appropriate any
money for the payment any police force other than that
to be organized employed under this Act no off
of the said Mayor City Council shall
disburse any money therefor and the power said
Mayor and City Council to levy and collect taxes and ap-
proprae and dburse money for the payment of the po


lice force to be organized or employed under this Act
snail be exercised as in this act directed and not other
wise Provided however that nothing herein contained
shall affect the power Of said Mayor City Council un
der the 10Th section of the 4th the Constitution
And it is further enacted, that in the
aforesaid to be estimated by the said Board, shall


from any unforeseen prove insufficient for the
say expenses of the current year. the said Board
hereby authorized and empowered to issue certi-
fcates and raise money therefrom hereinbefore
provided, to meet the said eXigency: Provided,
however, that such additional shall exceed the
sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars in any one year and
that the amount thereof shall be added the estimate
assessment and levy for the year ensuing that
the said certificates shall not be made payable


er date than the lst day Of August next after the issuing
Of the and shall not be receivable in payment of
city taxes earlier than those for the year in which they
shall so be payable


SEC O. And be 1t enacted That any officer or servant of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore other person
whatsoever who shall forcby obstruct the exc
ceton OF this Act the enforcement of any its prov
slons or VINO shall dsburse money violation there
Of shall be liable to penalty of Five Hundred Dollars for
each and such offence recoverable by the Board by
action at law in the Of the State and shall forever
thereafter be disqualified from holding any Office
poyment whatsoever under the Mayor and City Connc
Of Baltimore under this Act any Supplement there
be construed to interfere with the punishment under any
existing any future law of this State, of any criminal