HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 807

case may be, and the State's Attorney of Baltimore City, or of
the County, as the case may be, of the known facts concerning
the time, place, manner and circumstances of such death.
Immediately upon receipt of such notification, the said Med-
ical Examiner shall go to the dead body and take charge of the
same. Such Medical Examiner shall fully investigate the
essential facts concerning the medical causes of death and
may take the names and addresses of as many witnesses there-
to as may be practicable to obtain, and, before leaving the prem-
ises shall reduce such facts, as he may deem necessary to writing
and file the same in his office. The Police Officer or Sheriff pres-
ent at such investigation, or if no officer be present, then the
Medical Examiner shall, in the absence of the next kin of the
deceased person, take possession of all property of value found
on such person, make an exact inventory thereof on his report
and deliver such property to the Police Department in Balti-
more City or Sheriff of the County, as the case may be, which
shall surrender the same to the person entitled to its custody
or possession; such Medical Examiner shall take possession of
any object or articles which, in his opinion, may be useful in
establishing the cause of death, and deliver them to the State's
Attorney.

6. If the cause of such death shall be established beyond
a reasonable doubt, such Medical Examiner shall so report
and file in his office within thirty days after his notification
of such death. If, however, in the opinion of such Medical
Examiner, an autopsy is necessary, the same shall be per-
formed by the Chief Medical Examiner, an Assistant Medi-
cal Examiner or by such competent pathologists as may be
authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner. A detailed de-
scription of the findings written during the progress of such
autopsy, and the conclusions drawn therefrom, shall there-
upon be filed in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner, or
in the office of the Deputy Medical Examiner in the county
where the death occurred. A copy of the findings and con-
clusions as to the autopsies performed in the several coun-
ties shall also be filed in the office of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer. Provided, however, it shall be the duty of any Dep-
uty Medical Examiner to call upon the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer or an Assistant Medical Examiner, or other persons
authorized and designated by the Chief Medical Examiner,
to make an examination or perform an autopsy, whenever
he deems it necessary or desirable, and it shall be the duty
of said Chief Medical Examiner or Assistant Medical Ex-
aminer to go to the County for that purpose, except in such
cases as a competent pathologist is so authorized by the Chief
Medical Examiner to perform such autopsy. In every case