790 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 459

Captain or Lieutenant of any of the several Volunteer Fire
Companies of Howard County shall be of the opinion that
on or in any public buildings, stores, warehouses or any
other structures or premises used for commercial purposes
within the limits of the County of Howard, any rubbish,
debris, waste, inflammable or combustible material found
thereupon or therein is not so deposited or arranged as to
afford a reasonable safeguard against the danger of fire or
from fire, or that the articles, materials, goods, wares and
merchandise found on or in said premises, buildings 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 arrangement, be afforded reasonable
access to the exits from said premises, buildings or structures
in case of fire or that by reason of such disposition or ar-
rangement the members of the several Fire Companies of
Howard County would be unnecessarily and unreasonably
interfered with or obstructed in the exercise of their duties
in and about such premises, buildings or structures in the
event of fire on or in the same, then it shall be their duty,
and they are hereby directed to immediately make a detailed
report, in writing, of such conditions so found to the Board
of County Commissioners of Howard County, and it shall be
the duty of said County Commissioners, if in the judgment
of said Board such condition is found to exist, to immediately
give notice, in writing, to the owner or owners, occupier or
occupiers, of such premises, buildings or structures whereon
or wherein such condition has been found to exist, warning
such interested person or persons of the existence of such
conditions so found, and giving an apt description of the
same; and said Board may also order, in writing, that such
conditions be avoided, abated, corrected or removed within
the time and in the manner prescrbied in said notice, and
if such owner or owners, occupier, or occupiers, his, her or
their agent or agents consider themselves aggrieved by such
order, he, she or they, or if a body corporate, it may, within
three days after the receipt of said notice, appeal to the said
Board of County Commissioners of Howard County, in writ-
ing, for the revocation of said order, whereupon said Board
shall grant a hearing, which hearing shall be had upon said
application within three days; and if said order be not re-
voked by said Board of County Commissioners and the said
owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, his, her or their
agent or agents, shall neglect or refuse to comply with the
terms of said order, the Board of County Commissioners of
Howard County is hereby directed and empowered to remove
or correct the dangerous conditions mentioned in said notice
at the expense of said owner or owners, occupier or occupiers,