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year, also payable monthly; he shall be allowed out of said moneys a
sum not exceeding five hundred ($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 the proper dis-
charge 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 unex-
pended; 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 of 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 incor-
porated 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 jurisdiction.

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

228. It shall be the duty of each fire insurance company or associa-
tion 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 regarding 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.

Ibid. sec. 210. 1894, ch. 295, sec. 143 E.

229. A fraternal beneficiary association is hereby declared to be a
corporation, society or voluntary association, formed or organized and
carried on for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries.