ALBERT C. RTTCHIE, GOVERNOR 1347
with the same power to enter upon and into and inspect any
premises, buildings or structures within the limits of the
County of Baltimore as is hereby given to the said Chief
Engineer by Section 1 of this Act.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if as a result of
the inspection or inspections by this Act authorized to be
made the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of Balti-
more 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 Baltimore, 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 disposi-
tion or arrangement the members of the Fire Department of
the County of Baltimore would be unnecessarily and unreason-
ably 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 his duty, and he
is hereby directed, to immediately make a detailed report, in
writing, of such condition so found to the Board of County
Commissioners of Baltimore 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 oc-
cupiers 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 condition
so found, and giving an apt description of the same; and said
Board may also order, in writing, that such condition be
avoided, abated, corrected or removed within the time and in
the manner prescribed 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 said Board of County Com-
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