[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 6, sec. 202. 1929, ch.
2l, sec. 25; 1947, ch. 337, sec. 202; Res., 1-18-1965, sec. 202; Res. No. 2004-03, 3-1-2004]
The Mayor and Council may provide for the appointment
of such number of police officers of said Town as it may be deemed
necessary for the interests of said Town from time to time, who shall
hold office for such period and be subject to removal upon such terms
and conditions as the Mayor and Council may by ordinance provide and,
in the absence of such provision, shall serve at the pleasure of the
Mayor and Council, and whose duties and compensation shall be such
as are prescribed by law and by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor
and Council of Federalsburg from time to time, and who shall within
the limits of said Town have all the police powers of sheriffs, constables,
state police, police officers, and peace officers as such officers
now have and hereafter may be granted within Caroline County, and
it shall be their duty to enforce the resolutions and ordinances of
the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg and the laws of the State of
Maryland in relation to crimes and misdemeanors committed within the
limits of said Town, and the regular police officers before entering
upon the duties of their office shall each take and subscribe before
a Notary Public of Caroline County an oath to well and faithfully,
without partiality or prejudice, perform the duties of his/her office
in all things according to the laws of the state and the ordinances
of the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg, and to enforce said laws
and said ordinances to the best of his/her ability, which oath shall
be certified to by the Notary Public before whom it shall be taken
and filed with the Clerk of Federalsburg.
[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 6, sec. 204. 1929, ch.
21, sec. 27; Res. No. 2004-03, 3-1-2004]
The Mayor, or in his/her absence or disability
the President Pro Tempore of the Council, may appoint special police
officers with all the powers of the regular police officers for a
term not exceeding 30 days whenever the exigency of the occasion requires
it, and their duties and powers shall be the same as those of the
regular police officers.
