No person shall resist the entrance of the Fire Chief or Chief of Police or willfully obstruct them in the discharge of their duties, or neglect or refuse to attend to all reasonable directions given by them or either of them, for altering, amending or removing any of the dangerous apparatus or fixtures aforesaid. In case any person is convicted of such neglect, or refuses to attend to the directions of the Fire Chief or Chief of Police for altering, amending or removing any of the aforesaid dangerous apparatus or fixtures, the court or magistrate before which conviction is had may order, as part of the judgment, the Fire Chief or Chief of Police to make such alteration, amendment or removal at the expense of the defendant in such cause.
(1960 Code, § 5-1-5) Penalty, see § 33.999