464 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

580. Any person erecting or using a steam boiler without
having the same inspected by the inspector of the district in
which the said boiler is located, shall pay a fine of one hundred
dollars, and fifty dollars for each day any such boiler is used
without being inspected: and any person who shall alter or
change a steam gauge or weight on a safety valve for the pur-
pose of carrying a greater pressure of steam on a boiler than
that allowed by the certificate of inspection, shall be liable to a
fine of five hundred dollars; and any owner or renter of a steam
boiler who shall neglect or refuse to place his certificate of in-
spection on the premises, as prescribed in section 577 hereof,
shall pay a fine of five dollars for each day's refusal or neglect.

581. The inspector shall have power to examine the engi-
neers and assistants in charge of boilers, and if any engineer
or assistant is found incompetent or addicted to intemperance,
the inspector shall notify the owner or renter, and withdraw the
certificate of inspection until such engineer or assistant is dis-
placed.

582. Before issuing any certificate of inspection, the in-
spectors shall demand and receive from the owner or renter of
the boiler, as a compensation for the inspection, and the exam-
inations to be made during the year as hereinbefore provided,
the following sums: For every boiler of ten horse-power or
less, five dollars; when the boiler is above ten horse-power, five
dollars for the first ten, and twenty-five cents additional for each
horse-power in.excess of that number.

583. It shall be the duty of each inspector to keep a correct
record of the locations of all boilers in his district, when each
boiler was inspected, the condition of the same at the time of in-
spection, the instructions given to the engineers in charge, the
certificates issued, the amount of steam pressure allowed in
each certificate, and the boilers condemned or ordered to be
repaired; also a correct account of all money received or paid
out; and they shall report the same annually to the State Comp-
troller.

584. The inspectors shall receive an annual salary of fifteen
hundred dollars each; and all moneys collected, after deduct-