INSPECTIONS. 1789

hereinafter set forth; and said board shall make full annual accounting
therefor to the proper State authorities. Any such schedule of fees or
charges shall be fair and reasonable and shall be uniform and impartial in
their application. Said fees or charges shall be collected from the person
or corporation placing, delivering or installing any boiler which may be
affected by this sub-title; and said fees or charges shall be paid before any
certificate approving said boiler shall be issued by said board or the board's
duly accredited representative. No fee or charge shall be imposed by this
board for any purpose whatever except for the one particular service con-
templated under this sub-title, to wit, an official ascertainment as to
whether or not a boiler has been constructed and installed in accordance
with the provisions of this sub-title.

1920, ch. 676, sec. 4.

134. Said board shall meet upon call of the chairman, and a majority
of the board is hereby constituted a quorum for the transaction of business.

1920, ch. 676, sec. 5.

135. The rules and regulations of this board shall be enforced by the
chairman thereof, operating by and through a State system of boiler inspec-
tion, or by and through such other or supplementary machinery as may be
created for that purpose either by the board itself, or by any Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland; and the chairman of the board shall make
provision therefor in the regular departmental estimates. Nothing in this
sub-title, however, shall be construed as investing said board with power to
adopt or enforce any rules or regulations governing the " operation " of
said boilers or fixing the requirements or qualifications of persons legally
entitled to operate any said boilers, unless said power is specially conferred
upon said board by some subsequent Act of the General Assembly.

1920, ch. 676, sec. 6.

136. Nothing in this sub-title shall be construed as in any wise affecting
any existent laws relative to boiler inspection; except that no boiler which
shall be installed in the future shall be passed by any boiler inspector which
does not measure up to the rules and regulations established by the " Board
of Boiler Rules," nor shall any future installed boiler be considered legally
permissible in Maryland unless constructed in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the " Board of Boiler Rules."

1920, ch. 676, sec. 7.

137. The rules formulated by the "Board of Boiler Rules" shall
become effective and binding on manufacturers and other users of boilers on
January 1st, 19,21.

1920, ch. 676, sec. 8.

138. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this sub-title, or any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
rules, regulations or requirements of the " Board of Boiler Rules," shall