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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 occurred should he deem it necessary to
the proper discharge of his duties.

1894, ch. 248, sec. 4.

206. The entire expense of his office shall not exceed fifty-
five hundred dollars ($5,500) 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
203, the treasurer shall, upon the warrant of the comptroller,
pay to the said fire marshal the sum of twenty-seven hundred
and fifty dollars ($2,750), 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 dollars ($2,500) per annum, payable in monthly
instalments; and he shall provide himself a clerk at a salary
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) a year, also pay-
able monthly; he shall also be allowed out of said moneys a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) 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 con-
veyance as in his judgment the necessities of the office may
require; and when in the 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 qualifi-
cation as fire marshal, he shall make to the comptroller, under
oath, a full report of the receipts and disbursements received
and made by him during the preceding year, and shall at the
same time pay into the State treasury any balance of said sum
of fifty-five hundred dollars ($5,500) 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. 5.

207. The said 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, he shall, when in his judg-