650 ARTICLE 101.

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.

1929, ch. 426, sec. 55A.

55A. 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 55 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.

55B. Any member of the State Industrial Accident Commission,
Director of Safety, the Inspectors¹ appointed in pursuance of the provisions
of this sub-title or any other person authorized to do so by the State In-
dustrial Accident Commission, shall have free access during regular busi-
ness 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 em-
ployees and other persons, and bringing to the attention of the employers
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 Industrial Accident
Commission, the Director of Safety, the inspectors appointed hereunder
or any other person authorized by the State Industrial Accident Commis-
sion, 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 55, 55A and 55B of this Article for the purpose of diminishing;
or preventing accidents shall not apply to public service corporations under
the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.