638 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

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 arrested, 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 misde-
meanor, and shall pay the 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. 1900, ch. 709. 1908, ch. 172.
1910, ch. 392 (p. 79).

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