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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

be the duty of the School Commissioners of Baltimore County

Fire escapes

to comply with all the building regulations adopted by the

for schools.

County Commissioners for the district embraced within the

provisions of this Act; and it shall further be the duty of the

said School Commissioners to provide suitable fire-escapes for

all school buildings heretofore erected and now in use in the

whole of Baltimore County where said buildings are more

than one story in height, and also to provide suitable fire-

escapes for all such buildings now in course of construction

or hereafter to be erected ; and in the event of the failure of

said School Commissioners to comply with the provisions of

this Act, the County Commissioners shall have the power to

Commission-

contract for the doing of such work and shall deduct the cost

ers' power.

thereof from the amount levied for the support of the schools

of the county.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

Further duties

Inspector of Buildings to enforce the execution of all existing

of inspector.

or hereafter enacted building rules or regulations relating to

the construction, alteration and removal of buildings or other

structures, walls or parts of buildings or other structures.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for

Aisles, etc., in

the owners or lessees of any public hall, church, school or place

churches,

of amusement in said Twelfth Election District of Baltimore

halls, etc.

County to obstruct or allow to be obstructed by others, any of

the aisles or passageways in the auditorium of said halls,

churches, schools or places of amusement, by placing therein

any benches, chairs or stools, or other articles that may pre-

vent free ingress and egress during the hours that said places

may be open to the public. Said owners or lessees, or their

agents, are required to keep open at all hours during the time

said halls, churches, schools or places of amusement are open

to the public, all doors giving ingress or egress, unless said

doors open outward from said places, in which case the same

may be closed, but no hindrance, such as lock-bars, gratings or

Instant and

catches of any kind shall be allowed to obstruct or prevent in-

easy egress.

stant and easy egress through the same ; and when said doors

open inwards it is required of said owners, lessees or their

agents, that said doors shall be fastened securely and firmly

open. Owners or lessees, or any person holding under them,

or their agents, violating any of the provisions aforesaid, shall,

on conviction thereof, be fined by the court before which such

conviction is had for any violation, a sum not exceeding five

hundred dollars, to be paid to the County Commissioners and

recovered as other fines in this State. It is made the special