594 ARTICLE 3.

all persons refusing to obey such summons so served shall be fined five
dollars for the first refusal, such fine to be recovered as all fines or pen-
alties are recovered; and on any other or further refusal, they shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished, after conviction under
and indictment for such offense in the Circuit Court for said county; said
court shall order the person so convicted to be imprisoned in the county
jail of said county for not less than six months nor more than twelve
months, and it shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of said county
to prosecute all persons so offending, or offending in any manner afore-
said against any of the two succeeding sections, as in case of all other
crimes and misdemeanors.

P. L. L. (1888), Art 3, sec. 93. 1882. ch. 113. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 130.
1916, sec. 214. 1928, sec. 22,1

229. Any, person who shall wilfully injure, deface or destroy any
piece or part of any fire apparatus, or of its equipment or appurtenances
so provided, or shall in any manner wilfully hinder, obstruct, or impede
the same, or those lawfully in charge thereof, from freely passing along
any street or highway whatever, in going to or from any fire, or upon any
alarm or fire, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
in said Circuit Court upon indictment, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars in the discretion
of the court, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than ninety
days; said fine to be paid to said Commissioners, to be applied by them
to the expenses of said Fire Department.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3. sec. 94. 1882, ch. 113. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 140.
1916, sec. 215, 1928, sec. 230.

230. As part of said fire department, the County Commissioners shall
have power to provide a fire alarm telegraph in such districts; and any
person without authority illegally intermeddling therewith, by giving
false alarms thereby, or in any manner injuring any such arrangements
for telegraphing, shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof by indictment in said court, shall be fined not less than
fifty dollars nor more than five hundred, or imprisonment in the county
jail for not less than six months nor more than two years; said fine, when
paid, to go as provided in the preceding section.

P. L. L (1888) Art 3, see. 95. 1882, ch. 113. B. Co. O. (1908), sec. 141.
1916, sec. 216. 1928, sec. 231.

231. Nothing in the five preceding sections shall be construed to pre-
vent the County Commissioners from effecting any necessary arrange-
ments with the Fire Commissioners or Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore, for the use of the engines, fire apparatus and water of said city,
in the extinguishment of fire in Baltimore County.

1920, ch. 163. sec. 212A. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 232.

232. There shall be a Board of Examiners for the Fire Department
of Baltimore County composed of the President of the Board of County