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to any company in the City of Baltimore, or to the said city, shall be
guilty of felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to con-
finement in the penitentiary for a period not less than two nor more than
five years.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 238. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 314.

447. Any person who shall assault, beat or otherwise intentionally hurt
or injure any fireman of the City of Baltimore, whilst in the discharge
of his duties as fireman (except in self-defence), shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to imprisonment in Baltimore City Jail for a period
not less than one month, and the payment of a fine of not less than ten
nor more than one hundred dollars.

FIRE GONGS IN HOTELS.

1906, ch. 180, sec. 1.

447A. Any building or buildings now used as hotels or apartment
houses, or that shall hereafter be used as such shall have installed in said
building or buildings large fire gongs, which shall be rung only in case of
fire or danger of fire, so as to notify and warn the occupants thereof.

1906, ch. 180, sec. 2.

447B. The gongs provided for in the preceding section shall be of
such size as shall be designated by the Building Engineer of Baltimore
City, and shall be placed one at each stair landing and one at each end

of every corridor or hall, and so put up, arranged and connected that each
gong can be sounded from the main office.

1906, ch. 180, sec. 3.

447C. Any owner, agent, lessee or manager of any building or build-
ings used or occupied as a hotel or apartment house, that shall neglect or
refuse to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, for each offence.

1906, ch. 180, sec. 4.

447D. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to buildings of
twelve rooms or less.

FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 315D. 1892, ch. 345. 1900, ch. 708.

448. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby authorized
and empowered to appropriate annually the sum of one thousand dollars,
payable to the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association of Baltimore
City, for the rental of a suitable building for the keeping of its apparatus,
holding meetings, paying janitor, and for fuel and other necessary ex-
penses incident to said association.