394 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

sheriff or coroner of Baltimore city; any witness who refuses to
attend to testify in obedience to such subpoena, shall be deemed
guilty of contempt, and be punishable by him as in cases of con-
tempt in civil cases; provided, that said officer shall not have
jurisdiction to try any person charged with the commission of a
crime, for the purpose of inflicting punishment therefor, but
shall make a written report of the testimony to the State's attor-
ney, and institute criminal prosecution in all cases where there
appears to him to be reasonable and probable cause for be-
lieving that a fire has been caused by design.

1872, ch. 250.

319. It shall be the duty of said fire inspector to aid in the
enforcement of the fire ordinances of said city, and for this pur-
pose he is duly authorized to visit and examine all buildings in
the progress of erection or undergoing repairs, and to institute
prosecutions for all violations of the ordinances of said city which
relate to the erection, alteration or repairs of buildings and the
prevention of fires. He shall exercise such additional powers as
may be conferred upon him by the ordinances of said city to
enable him fully to carry out the object of this sub-title of this
article, and the prevention of fires.

Ibid.

320. Any person who saves from fires, or from buildings en-
dangered by fire, any property, and who wilfully neglects for
two days to give notice to the fire inspector or to the owner of
such property, of his possession thereof, shall be deemed guilty
of grand or petit larceny, as the case may be, according to the
value of the property; and any person who shall be guilty of
false swearing in an investigation under this sub-title of this
article, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished as in any other case of perjury.

Ibid.

321. No person shall be entitled to any property in the hands,
of the fire inspector saved from fire until satisfactory proof of
ownership be made, and until all expenses for the preservation
and keeping of the same shall be paid to him by the owner or