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ing as to the disability assigned as reason for a retirement shall have been
certified by them to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County.

1920, ch. 713, sec. 1. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 246.

246. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of Baltimore County
be and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to at any and all reason-
able times, enter upon and into any and all public buildings, stores, ware-
houses, factories or any other structures or premises used for commercial
purposes within the limits of Baltimore County, for the purpose of ex-
amining and inspecting the same, to ascertain the conditions thereon or
therein with regard to the presence or arrangement of deposits of, or any
article, materials, substances, goods, wares, merchandise or any other
thing or things, which may, in his opinion tend to create danger of or from
fire, or unnecessarily and unreasonably interfere with the work of the Fire
Department of Baltimore County, in the event of fire on or in said prem-
ises, buildings or structures, or the loss of life of the occupants or other
persons on or in said premises, buildings or structures in the event of
fire; also with regard to the condition, size, arrangement and efficiency
of any and all appliances for fire prevention or for protection against
fire on or in such premises, buildings or structures.

1920, ch. 713, sec. 2. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 247

247. The said Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of Baltimore
County be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to direct such
and as many members of the Fire Department of the County of Balti-
more as may, in his judgment, be necessary to make the inspections here-
inbefore provided for, who shall report, in writing, the results of their
inspections so made to the said Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
of Baltimore County, and for the purpose of making which inspections
such members of the Fire Department of Baltimore County as may be so-
directed and designated, are hereby authorized and clothed with the same
power to enter upon and into and inspect any premises, buildings or
structures within the limits of the County of Baltimore as is hereby given
to the said Chief Engineer by Section 246 of this Article.

1920, ch. 713, sec. 3. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 248.

248. That if as a result of the inspection or inspections by this Act
authorized to be made the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of
Baltimore County shall be of the opinion that on or in any public build-
ings, stores, warehouses or any other structures or premises used for com-
mercial purposes within the limits of the County of Baltimore, any rub-
bish, debris, waste, inflammable or combustible material found thereupon
or therein is not so deposited or arranged as to afford a reasonable safe-
guard against the danger of fire or from fire, or that the articles, mate-
rials, goods, wares and merchandise found on or in said premises, build-
ings or structures, are so deposited or arranged that the occupants thereof
or persons on or in the same would not, because of such disposition and