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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 709

panies 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 the like sum at the
expiration 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 twen ty -five hundred dollars ($2,500)
per annum, payable in monthly instalments; and he shall

Deputy fire
marshal to
be appointed

have the power and authority and shall appoint a deputy fire
marshal, who shall also act as clerk to the fire marshal, and
who shall have all the powers and authority herein enumer-
ated and granted to him, to whom the said fire marshal shall
pay the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) as a salary
per annum, also payable in equal monthly instalments; he
shall also be allowed out of said moneys a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars ($500) a year for office rent, and
may from time to time employ such other clerical and other
assistants, and provide himself and the deputy fire marshal
with such means of conveyance as in his judgment the
necessities of the office require; and when in the proper
discharge of their duties the said fire marshal and deputy
fire marshal shall be compelled to go outside of the limits of
the city of Baltimore or the place of their residence, they
shall be allowed their traveling, hotel and other necessary
expenses; he shall also provide himself with such office
fixtures and appliances as the needs of the office may require;
and at the end of each year, accounting from the date of his
qualification as fire marshal, he shall make to the Comp-

Report to be
made.

troller, under oath, a full report of the receipts and disburse-
ments received and made by him during the preceding year,
and shall at the same time pay into the State treasury any
balance of said sum of fifty-five hundred dollars ($5,500)
that may then remain unexpended; and the said fire mar-
shal shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate
account of the finances of his office, and shall also keep or
cause to be kept an accurate record of his official acts.

Section 5. And be it enacted, That the fire marshal shall

Office shall be
in Baltimore
city.

have an office in the city of Baltimore, but in making exami-
nations as to fires occurring outside of the city of Baltimore,
the fire marshal or the deputy fire marshal, or both, when,
in his judgment, the proper discharge of his or their duties