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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 5 – Fire and Police Alarms">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-1" heading="Fire alarm boxes in buildings.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Installation on application.">The Chief of the Fire Department is authorized to place a fire alarm box in any theatre, public hall, hotel, hospital, charitable institution, or other building whose occupancy presents special problems in case of fire, within the corporate limits of the City of Baltimore, where the proprietor or owner shall file application with the Chief for same.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Expenses.">All expenses connected with the installation, operation, and maintenance of any fire alarm box so installed will be borne by the person making application for same, provided, however, that he shall not be required to pay more for said box than the Fire Department pays for same.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Placement.">Said fire alarm box to be placed in the most accessible part of said building.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 20, §46</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 13, §53</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 9, §17</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 9, §18</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 9, §17</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1882-020</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-136</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="5-2" heading="Police and fire wires in conduits.">
    <text>The subways and conduits of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company shall be used, as far as practicable, under provisions of Ordinance 1889-041, Section 4, passed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and approved May 9, 1889, being &lt;cite data-path="|26"&gt;Article 26&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 24 of the City Code; which ordinance reserves the right to place the wires of the Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph and Police Patrol Telegraph in the conduits and subways of said telephone company.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 20, §§45(1st cl.), 47</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 13, §57</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 9, §19</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 9, §20</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 9, §18</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1893-106</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
