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mations to persons appearing as witnesses before him; and false
swearing in any matter of proceeding aforesaid shall be deemed
perjury and shall be punishable as such; and the said fire mar-
shall shall have authority at all times of the day or night, in the
performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this act,
to enter upon and examine any building or premises where any
fire shall have occurred, or which at the time may be burning,
\ and also the power to enter upon at any time any building
adjacent to that in which the fire occurred, should he deem it
necessary to the proper discharge of his duties.

1894, ch. 248.

4. The entire expense of the office hereby created shall not
exceed fifty-five hundred dollars ($5, 500) a year, which shall be
paid out of moneys paid into the State treasury by or for the
insurance companies doing business in this State; and immediately
upon the qualification of the fire marshal, as provided herein,
the treasurer of the State shall, upon the warrant of the Comp-
troller, pay to the said fire marshal the sum of twenty-seven
hundred and fifty dollars ($2, 750). and a like sum at the expira-
tion of each succeeding period of six months, and out of the
moneys thus by said fire marshal received, he shall pay himself
a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2, 500) per annum, pay-
able in monthly installments; and he shall provide himself a
clerk at a salary not exceeding twelve hundred dollars ($1, 200) a
year, also payable monthly; he shall also be allowed out of said
moneys a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) a year
for office rent, and may employ from time to time such other
clerical and other assistants, and provide himself with such
means of conveyance as in his judgment the necessities of the
office may require; and when in the proper discharge of his
duties he is compelled to go outside the limits of the city of
Baltimore, he shall be allowed his traveling, hotel and other neces-
sary expenses; he shall also provide himself with such office
fixtures and appliances as the needs of his office may require;
and at the end of each year, accounting from the date of his qual-
ification as fire marshal, he shall make to the comptroller, under
oath, a full report of the receipts and disbursements received and
made by him during the preceding year, and shall at the same
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