2278                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 674

CHAPTER 674
(Senate Bill 954)
AN ACT concerning

Fires and Investigations

FOR the purpose of [[changing the length of time allowed
for compliance with certain orders of the State Fire
Marshal, and relating generally to appeal from such
orders.]] providing the procedure for appeals from
an order of the State Fire Marshal.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 38A — Fires and Investigations

Section 10

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 10 of Article 38A - Fires and
Investigations, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 38A — Fires and Investigations
10.

The written order of the State Fire Marshal made
pursuant to § 9 of this article, when directed to the
occupant of such premises, shall be served by delivering
a true copy thereof to such occupant or to any adult
person apparently in charge of said premises, within five
days from the date of issuance of such order; or, in case
no such person is found upon the premises, then by
posting a true copy thereof within five days from the
date of issuance of said order in a conspicuous place on
the door or other prominent entrance to said premises and
by mailing a copy thereof by registered mail to said
occupant at his last known post—office address, or if no
such address be known, then by registered mail to said
occupant in care of general delivery at the post office
serving the community in which said premises lie. When
directed to the owner of such premises, such order shall
be served by delivering a true copy thereof to such
owner, or, if the owner is absent from the State or his
whereabouts be unknown to the State Fire Marshal, by
mailing a true copy thereof by registered mail to the