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discharge of his duties said officer shall take and subscribe before the
clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city the oath or affirmation
required by the sixth (6th) section of article one (1) of the constitution,
and shall also give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of five
thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned for the faithful discharge of
the duties of his office.

1904, art. 23, sec. 204. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 2. 1906, ch. 709, sec. 2.
1910, ch. 284 (p. 75).

223. It shall be the duty of the said fire marshal or the deputy fire
marshal, hereinafter created, to examine into the causes, circumstances
and origin of all fires and suspected attempts to set fire to any building,
occurring within the State, to which his attention may be called, and
which, in his judgment, requires examination; and in making said exam-
inations the said fire marshal or deputy fire marshal may, when in his
judgment said proceedings are necessary, take the testimony on oath of
all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have the means
of knowledge in relation to the matters herein required to be examined
and inquired into and to cause the said testimony to be reduced to
writing; and when, in his judgment, such examination discloses that
the fire or attempt to cause a fire was of incendiary origin, the fire
marshal or deputy fire marshal may arrest the supposed incendiary, or
cause him to be arrested, and charged with the crime; and shall transmit
a copy of the testimony so taken to the state's attorney for the county
or city wherein said fire or attempt to cause a fire occurred; and upon
the request of the owner or insurer of any property destroyed or injured
by fire, or in which an attempt to cause a fire may have occurred, the
said fire marshal or deputy fire marshal shall make a written report to
the person requesting the same, of the result of the examination made
by him regarding said property; and said fire marshal shall annually
report to the governor the results of all examinations made by him and
the deputy fire marshal.

Ibid. sec. 205. 1894, ch. 248, sec. 3. 1906, ch. 709.
1910, ch. 284 (p. 76).

224. The fire marshal and deputy fire marshal, in the absence of the
fire marshal, shall have power to subpoena witnesses and to compel their
attendance before him or them to testify in relation to any matter which
is, by the provisions of sections 223 and 224, a subject of inquiry and
investigation by the said fire marshal or deputy fire marshal, and shall
also have power to cause to be produced before him or them such papers
as he or they may require in making such examinations; the said fire
marshal and deputy fire marshal, in the absence of the fire marshal, shall
be and they are hereby authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
to persons appearing as witnesses before him or them; and false swear-
ing in any matter of proceeding aforesaid shall be deemed a perjury, and
shall be punishable as such; and the said fire marshal and deputy fire
marshal shall have the authority at all times of the day or night, in