MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1073

178.

(a)   The owner or user of a boiler required by this Act to be in-
spected by the Chief Boiler Inspector, or his Deputy Boiler Inspec-
tors, shall pay directly to the Chief Boiler Inspector, upon completion
of inspection, fees in accordance with the following schedule:

(1)  Power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water
boilers:

Certificate inspections—

Boilers of 50 sq. ft. of heating surface or less.................__.....$ 7.00

Boilers over 50 sq. ft. of heating surface and less than

4,000 sq. ft. of heating surface.......................................................... 15.00

Boilers of 4,000 sq. ft. of heating surface or more and less

than 10,000 sq. ft. of heating surface.................................... $20.00

Boilers of 10,000 sq. ft. of heating surface or more.....__..... 25.00

External inspections—

Boilers of 50 sq. ft. of heating surface or less................ 5.00

Boilers over 50 sq. ft. of heating surface.............................................. 7.00

Not more than one fee shall be charged or collected for any and all
inspections as above of any boiler in any one year.

(2)  Low pressure boilers:
Certificate inspections—

Heating boilers without a manhole......................................................... 7.00

Heating boilers with a manhole.................................................................. 15.00

Not more than one fee shall be charged or collected for any and all
inspections as above of any low pressure boiler in any required
inspection period.

(3)  Hydrostatic tests—When it is necessary to make a special
trip to witness the application of a hydrostatic test, an additional
fee based on the scale of fees applicable to a certificate inspection of
the boiler shall be charged.

(4)  All other inspections, including shop inspections and inspec-
tions of second hand or used boilers made by the Chief Boiler In-
spector or a Deputy Boiler Inspector shall be charged for at the
rate of not less than sixty dollars ($60.00) for one-half day of four
hours and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for one full day of eight
hours, plus all expenses, including traveling and hotel. "Second hand"
shall mean an object which has changed ownership and location after
primary use.

(b)  All moneys received by the Chief Boiler Inspector from in-
spection fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the State
treasury.

179.

The Chief Boiler Inspector and the Deputy Boiler Inspectors will,
upon entering the performance of their duties, be covered by surety
bonds in accordance with the provisions of Sections 46 through 50
of Article 78A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from
time to time.