3694 ARTICLE 101

Safety Rules.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 55. 1914, ch. 800, sec. 54. 1929, ch. 426, sec. 55.

67. The State Industrial Accident Commission is hereby authorized
and directed to formulate reasonable rules and regulations looking to the
establishment and maintenance of conditions of safety and to the preven-
tion of accidents in occupations covered by the provisions of this Article;
that said Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ a
competent and discreet person who shall be known as Director of Safety,
and two additional persons as Inspectors, the said employees to perform
such duties as may be required of them by the State Industrial Accident
Commission, and to receive such salaries as may be provided for them by
the budget of appropriations; no person shall be eligible for appointment
as Director of Safety unless he shall have had at least five years' experi-
ence in safety engineering work.
As to rules for prevention of accidents, see art. 48A, sec. 165.

1929, ch. 426, sec. 55A.

68. Any person, firm or corporation, except such corporation as may
be under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, who shall fail
or refuse to comply with any rule or regulation which may be promulgated
by the State Industrial Accident Commission pursuant to the powers con-
ferred upon it by Section 67 of this Article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

1929, ch. 426, sec. 55B.

69. Any member of the State Industrial Accident Commission, Di-
rector of Safety, the Inspectors appointed in pursuance of the provisions
of this sub-title or any other person authorized to do so by the State
Industrial Accident Commission, shall have free access during regular
business hours to all places of employment, subject to the Workmen's Com-
pensation Law of Maryland, and shall have full power and authority to
inspect such places of employment including the right to enter upon such
places of employment or any part thereof for the purpose of obtaining in-
formation, investigating the provisions therein made for the safety of
employees and other persons, and bringing to the attention of the em-
ployers or other persons in possession of such premises any provision of
law or any order or rule of the State Industrial Accident .Commission
relating to safety methods or appliances. Any employer, owner or other
person who shall refuse admittance to any place of employment as herein
provided, or in any manner interfere with any member of the State Indus-
trial Accident Commission, the Director of Safety, the inspectors ap-
pointed hereunder or any other person authorized by the State Industrial
Accident Commission, in making inspections or investigations hereunder,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon a conviction thereof
shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Provided, that any action of the
Commission under Sections 67, 68 and 69 of this Article for the pur-
pose of diminishing or preventing accidents shall not apply to public
service corporations under the jurisdiction of the Public Service
Commission.