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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said corporation

may hold, by purchase, devise or otherwise, real and

Hold proper-
ty-

personal property, for the use of said corporation, to
an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and

may sell and convey any part thereof, subject, never-

theless, to the laws of this State.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said corporation

shall have power to provide and maintain a corps of

men, with proper officers, whose duty it shall be, so

far as practicable, to save and preserve property at or

after a fire, and power is hereby granted to such

corps, its officers and its men, to enter any building

on fire, or which in their judgment is immediately

exposed to or in danger of taking fire from other

burning buildings, to protect and save property

therein, and to remove such property or any part

Save and

thereof, at, or immediately after a fire ; provided,

preserve pro-
pel ty.

however, that nothing in this act shall be so con-

strued as to lessen in any way the authority of the

officers or members of the Baltimore Fire Depart-

ment, or to warrant or justify any interference with

them in the performance of their duties, nor shall it

in any way justify the owner of any building or per-

sonal property, in the abandonment of his property,

or in relaxing any effort in preserving and saving

the same during or after a fire, except so far as he

may be prevented by the action taken by this corps,

its officers or its members.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the officers and

men of the Fire Insurance Salvage Corps of Balti-

more with their teams and apparatus shall have the

right of way whilst going to a fire, through any

street, lane or alley in the city of Baltimore, subject

Right of way

to such rules and regulations as the Mayor and City
Council and Baltimore Fire Department may pre-

scribe, and subject also, to the right of the Baltimore

Fire Department ; and any violation of the street

rights of the Fire Insurance Salvage Corps of Balti-

more, shall be punished in the same manner, as is or

may hereafter be provided for the punishment of
violations of the rights of the Baltimore Fire De-

partment.