314                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 244

be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

175. The inspection, (a) On and after June 1, 1939, each boiler
used or proposed to be used within this State, except boilers exempt
under Section 171, shall be inspected annually internally and exter-
nally while not under pressure by the chief inspector or by one of
the deputy inspectors or special inspectors provided for herein as
to its construction, installation, condition and operation. If at any
time a hydrostatic test shall be deemed necessary to determine the
safety of a boiler, same shall be made, at the direction of the inspec-
tor, by the owner or user thereof. Not more than fourteen months
shall elapse between internal inspections, and external inspections
while under pressure shall also be made at no greater intervals.

(b) If a boiler shall upon inspection be found to be suitable, and
to conform to the rules and regulations of the Board of Boiler Rules,
the owner or user thereof, shall pay to the chief inspector and to
be collected by him the sum of [one ($1.00) dollar] two dollars
($2.00) and the chief inspector shall issue to such owner or user
an inspection certificate specifying the maximum pressure which the
boiler may be allowed to carry. Such inspection certificate shall be
valid for not more than fourteen months from its date and it shall
be posted under glass in the room containing such boiler or in the
case of a portable boiler, in a metal case to be kept in the tool box
accompanying the boiler. No inspection certificate issued for a
boiler inspected by a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler
for which it was issued shall cease to be insured by a duly authorized
insurance company. The chief inspector or any deputy inspector may
at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, in his opinion,
the boiler for which it was issued may not continue to be operated
without menace to the public safety or when the boiler is found not
to comply with the rules herein provided for, and a special inspector
shall have corresponding powers with respect to inspection certifi-
cate for boilers insured by the company employing him. Such
suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until
such boiler shall have been made to conform to the rules and regula-
tions of the Board of Boiler Rules and until said inspection certificate
shall have been reinstated.

178. Fees, (a) The owner or user of a boiler required by this
sub-title to be inspected by the chief boiler inspector, or his deputy
inspectors, shall pay to the chief inspector eight ($8.00) dollars
for each high pressure boiler except miniature boilers internally
inspected; three ($3.00) dollars for each high pressure boiler except
miniature boilers, externally inspected while under pressure; [two
and 50/100 ($2.50) dollars] three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50)
for each miniature boiler internally inspected; provided that not
more than eleven ($11.00) dollars shall be collected for such inspec-
tions of any high pressure boiler, made for any one year. The chief
inspector shall give receipts for said fees and shall pay all sums so
received to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.

(b) The inspection of second hand boilers by the chief inspector or
his deputies shall be at the rate of twenty ($20.00) dollars per day
or part thereof, and his expenses, for the first boiler inspected and
ten ($10.00) dollars for each additional boiler inspected for the
same owner or user when inspected on the same trip.