424 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

country saw and grist mills, threshing machines and other
machinery of a similar character, nor to marine engineers en-
gaged in steamboats, ships and other vessels run by steam, nor
to those engaged as locomotive engineers of any steam railway
company. And in the event of any charge being made to said
board, of any engineer who may hold a certificate from them, of
being intoxicated, while in charge of an engine or boiler, or of
the neglect of duty on the part of such engineer or engineers, it
shall be the duty of said board to immediately hear such charge,
and if sustained, annul such certificate. The certificate granted
to the respective applicants must be framed and kept in a con-
spicuous place at such place as such persons may be respec-
tively at work. Any person violating the provisions of this
sub-division of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon trial and conviction before a Justice of the
Peace, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than fifty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid the informer
and the balance to the State.

429. Said Board of Examining Engineers shall meet at
their office in the City of Baltimore for the purpose of exam-
ining applicants at least once in every week, and at a specified
hour and day, and shall sit until all applicants shall be exam-
ined, and in the event of inability to examine all the applicants
on the regular day of meeting, they shall continue their ses-
sions for each successive day until the same shall be completed.
They shall visit and inspect the running and management of all
steam plants wherein the engineers are required to be exam-
ined as hereinbefore provided, not less than once every six
months, and in the event of their finding on such examination
that the engineer or engineers in charge of such plant or ma-
chinery are not running and managing the same with proper
skill and care, they shall report the same to the State Board of
Boiler Inspectors for their action; and said Board of Examining
Engineers are hereby invested with power and authority to
enter all such premises and make the examination herein pro-
vided for; and any owner of any such premises who shall refuse
to allow them to enter and make such examination shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punishable upon trial
and conviction, as provided in the preceding section.