§ 25-6 Police powers.

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, shall at all times during the progress of work related to the municipal water supply, maintain an efficient police service at its own expense for the purpose of preserving the public peace, protecting property and preventing crime within the territory occupied or used by it or its employees in the performance of such work, or by the employees of contractors or subcontractors engaged in such work.

The officers so employed by Baltimore City shall have the power to make arrests of persons who commit offenses within such territory anywhere in the State; such offenders shall be tried in Baltimore County, and in the event of conviction and imposition of a jail sentence, whether by the Circuit Court, or by the District Court having jurisdiction, shall be committed to the Baltimore City Jail instead of to the Baltimore County Jail; and, in all such cases, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall reimburse Baltimore County for all costs and expenses actually incurred by it, including the sum of thirty cents per day for every person committed for trial to Baltimore County Jail, in proceedings against and the trial and commitment of, such offenders, court costs are to be prorated by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, upon the basis of time actually spent in such trials or other proceedings; all such costs to be adjusted and paid semiannually.

This police service shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Chief of Police of Baltimore County.