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alty of five hundred dollars for each such offense, one-half for the use of the State and the other half to the informer.

Ibid, sec. 202. 1894, ch. 377, sec. 143D.

221. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of the City of Baltimore and the sheriff of each county throughout the State to furnish the Insurance Commissioner, prior to the first day of May in each and every year thereafter, the names of all persons conducting the business of "Insurance Broker" within the respective jurisdiction of each of said sheriffs, for which he shall receive a fee of fifty cents for each license issued by the Insurance Commissioner.

Fire Marshal.*

Ibid, sec. 203. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 1.

222. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, biennially appoint an officer to be known as the State Fire Marshal, who shall hold his office until his successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified; he shall be a citizen of the State, and be subject to removal for cause at any time by the Governor; and in the event of the death, resignation, refusal to act or removal of said officer during a recess of the legislature, the Governor shall appoint some one to fill said office for the unexpired term, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties said officer shall take and subscribe before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City the oath or affirmation required by the sixth (6th) section of Article One (1) of the Constitution and shall also give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

1904, art. 23, sec. 204. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 2. 1906, ch. 709, sec. 2. 1910, ch. 284.

223. It shall be the duty of the said Fire Marshal or the Deputy Fire Marshal, hereinafter created, to examine into the causes, circumstances and origin of all fires and suspected attempts to set fire to any building, occurring within the State, to which his attention may be called, and which, in his judg

* See Section 178A of this Article, on page 194, which, being Chapter 521 of the Acts of 1916, transfers the powers of the State Fire Marshal and effects Sections 222-28 of this Article.

ment, requires examination; and in making said examinations the said Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal may, when in his judgment said proceedings are necessary, take the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have the means of knowledge in relation to the matters herein required to be examined and inquired into and to cause the said testimony to be reduced to writing; and when, in his judgment, such examination discloses that the fire or attempt to cause a fire was of incendiary origin, the Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal may arrest the supposed incendiary, or cause him to be arrested, and charged with the crime; and shall transmit a copy of the testimony so taken to the State's Attor ney for the county or city wherein said fire or attempt to cause a fire occurred; and upon the request of the owner or insurer of any property destroyed or injured by fire, or in which an attempt to cause a fire may have occurred, the said Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal shall make a written report to the person requesting the same, of the result of the examination made by him regarding said property; and said Fire Marshal shall annually report to the Governor the results of all exami nations made by him and the Deputy Fire Marshal.

Ibid, sec. 205. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 3. 1906, ch. 709. 1910, ch. 284. 224. The Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal, in the absence of the Fire Marshal, shall have power to subpoena witnesses and to compel their attendance before him or them to testify in relation to any matter which is, by the provisions of Sections 223 and 224, a subject of inquiry and investigation by the said Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal, and shall also have power to cause to be produced before him or them such papers as he or they may require in making such examinations; the said Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal, in the absence of the Fire Marshal, shall be and they are hereby authorized to administer oaths and affirmations to persons appearing as wit nesses before him or them; and false swearing in any matter of proceeding aforesaid shall be deemed a perjury, and shall be punishable as such; and the said Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal shall have the authority at all times of the day or night, in performance of the duties imposed by the provisions

of Sections 223 and 224, to enter upon and examine any building or premises where any fires or attempt to cause fires shall have occurred, or which at the time may be burning, and also the power to enter upon at any time any building adjacent to that in which the fire or attempt to cause fires occurred, should he deem it necessary in the proper discharge of his duties; and they may, in the exercise of their discretion, take full control and custody of the said buildings and premises, and place such persons in charge thereof as they may deem proper, until their examination and investigation shall be completed; and the said Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal shall have authority to inspect public buildings, such as school houses, churches, opera houses, theatres, hospitals, asylums, public halls, factories, hotels and other buildings of like character, and to compel the owner or owners thereof to provide sufficient fire escapes or other means of exit as he, the said Fire Marshal, shall direct for the benefit and safety of the occupants of said building; and the said Fire Marshal shall give thirty days' notice to the owner or owners of such buildings to provide such fire escapes or other means of exit as in his judgment shall be deemed necessary; and upon failure or refusal of the said owner or owners of said buildings to comply with the said notice of the said Fire Marshal, the said Fire Marshal, or his deputy, shall arrest or cause the said person or persons to be ar rested, and upon conviction before any justice of the peace of the city or county of the State of Maryland wherein the owner or owners reside, or the respective building or buildings may be located, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred ($100) dollars or less than twenty-five ($25) dollars for each offense, and an additional fine of five ($5) dollars for each and every day thereafter such violations shall continue; and if the accused shall feel himself aggrieved by the judgment of the justice of the peace, he shall have the right of appeal to the Circuit Court of the county, and have a jury trial; Sections 223 and 224 shall, however, not conflict with any existing laws now fully covering the same in any of the towns or cities of the State of Maryland.

1904, art. 23, sec. 206. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 4. 1906, ch. 709. 1908, ch. 172. 1910, ch. 392.

225. The entire expenses of his office shall not exceed ten thousand ($10,000) dollars a year, which shall be paid out of moneys paid into the State Treasury by or for the insurance companies doing business in this State; and immediately upon the qualification of the Fire Marshal as provided in Section 222, the Treasurer shall, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, pay to the said Fire Marshal the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, and a like sum at the expiration of each succeeding period of six months, and out of the moneys thus received by him, he shall pay himself a salary of twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars per annum, payable in monthly instalments, and he shall provide himself a deputy at a salary not exceeding fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars a year, also payable monthly, he shall be allowed out of said moneys a sum not exceeding five lundred ($500) dollars a year for office rent, and may employ from time to time such other clerical and other assistants, and provide himself with such means of conveyance as in his judgment the necessities of his office may require; and when in th proper discharge of his duties he is compelled to go outside the limits of the City of Baltimore, he shall be allowed his traveling, hotel and other necessary expenses; he shall also provide himself with such office fixtures and appliances as the needs of his office may require; and at the end of each year, accounting from the date of his qualification as Fire Marshal, he shall make to the Comptroller, under oath, a full report of the receipts and disbursements received and paid by him during the preceding year, and shall at the same time pay into the State Treasury any balance of said sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars that may then remain unexpended; and he shall keep, or cause to be kept, full and accurate accounts of the finances of his office, and shall also keep, or cause to be kept, an accurate record of his official acts.

Ibid,, sec. 207. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 5. 1906, ch. 709.

226. The Fire Marshal shall have an office in the City of Baltimore, but in making examinations as to fires occurring outside of the City of Baltimore. the Fire Marshal or the Deputy

Fire Marshal, or both, when, in his judgment, the proper discharge or his or their duties require it, shall visit the county, town or city, where such fire or fires occurred or where it is necessary to examine building as to proper fire escapes or exits therefrom.

Ibid, sec. 208. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 6. 1906, ch. 709.

227. The Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal shall, at the request of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the City of Baltimore, or the County Commissioners of any county, or the municipal authorities of any incorporated city or town in this State, make to them a written report of the examination made by him or them regarding any fire happening within their respective jurisdictions.

Ibid, sec. 209. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 7.

228. It shall be the duty of each fire insurance company or association doing business in this State, within ten days after the adjustment of any loss sustained by it, to report to the Fire Marshal, upon blanks by him furnished, such information re garding the amount of insurance, the value of the property insured and the amount of claim as adjusted, as in the judgment of said Fire Marshal it is necessary for him to know.

Fraternal Beneficiary Societies, Orders or Associations.* Code (vol. 3), art. 23, sec. 229. 1912, art. 23, sec. 229. 1904, art. 23, sec. 210. 1894, ch. 295, sec. 143E. 1912, ch. 824, sec. 1a, p. 1599. 229. (Fraternal Beneficiary Associations Defined.) Any corporation, society, order or association, without capital stock, organized and carried on solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit, and having a lodge system with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government, and which shall make provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with Section 5A hereof, is hereby declared to be a fraternal beneficiary association.†

By the Act of 1912, ch. 824, the Legislature repealed all the old laws pertaining to the government of Fraternal Associations and enacted an entirely new set of principles and regulations to govern them.

Meinhardt vs. Meinhardt, 117 Md. 426; Heptasophs vs. Rehan, 119 Md. 92; Mineola Tribe vs. Lizer, 117 Md. 136.

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