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in his judgment, such examination discloses that the fire or
attempt to cause a fire was of incendiary origin, the Fire
Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal may arrest the' supposed in-
cendiary, or cause him to be arrested, and charged with the
crime; and shall transmit a copy of the testimony so taken to
the State's attorney for the county or city wherein said fire
or attempt to cause a fire occurred; and upon the request of the
owner or insurer of any property destroyed or injured by fire,
or in which an attempt to cause a fire may have occurred, the
said Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal shall make a writ-
ten report to the person requesting the same, of the result of the
examination made by him regarding said property; and said
Fire Marshal shall annually report to the Governor the results
of all examinations made by him and the Deputy Fire Marshal.

SEC. 205. That the Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal,
in the absence of the Fire Marshal, shall have power to sub-
poena witnesses and to compel their attendance before him or
them to testify in relation to any matter which is, by the
provisions of this Act, a subject of inquiry and investigation by
the said Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal, and shall also
have power to cause to be produced before him or them such
papers as he or they may require in making such examina-
tions; the said Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal, in the
absence of the Fire Marshal, shall be and they are hereby
authorized to administer oaths and affirmations to persons
appearing as witnesses before him or them; and false swear-
ing in any matter of proceeding aforesaid shall be deemed a
perjury, and shall be punishable as such; and the said Fire
Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal shall have the authority at
all times of the day or night, in performance of the duties im-
posed by the provisions of this Act, to enter upon and examine
any building or premises where any fires or attempt to cause
fires shall have occurred, or which at the time may be burning,
and also the power to enter upon at any time any building
adjacent to that in which the fire or attempt to cause fires
occurred, should he deem it necessary in the proper discharge
of his duties; and they may, in the exercise of their discre-
tion, take full control and custody of the said buildings and
premises, and place such persons in charge thereof as they may
deem proper, until their examination and investigation shall
be completed; and the said Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire
Marshal shall have authority to inspect public buildings, such
as school houses, churches, opera houses, theatres, hospitals,
asylums, public halls, factories, hotels and other buildings of
like character, and to compel the owner or owners thereof to
provide sufficient fire escape or other means of exit as he, the
said Fire Marshal, shall direct for the benefit and safety of the