The office of the police civil service commissioner and the police trial board are hereby abolished, and all references in the Code of Public Local Laws of Montgomery County (1947 Edition) to the office of the police civil service commissioner or the police trial board shall henceforth be construed so as to refer to the merit system protection board, and the board shall henceforth have all the powers and duties of the police civil service commissioner and the police trial board, insofar as such powers and duties are prescribed in such Code of Public Local Laws and are consistent with the Montgomery County charter and public general laws. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-16; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 4.)