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other laws of the State of Maryland, nor as depriving said Mayor and
City Council, or other persons or corporations, of any of the rights and
remedies thereof or in relation thereto, but all the rights and remedies
shall remain and be enforceable the same as though this Article had not
been passed.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 109.

109. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby
repealed.

BUILDINGS.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 1, sec. 93. 1880. ch. 133.

110. It shall not be lawful for the owners or lessees of any public hall,
church, school, or place of amusement, in the cities of Baltimore, Cum-
berland, Frederick, Annapolis, Hagerstown or Frostburg, to obstruct, or
allow to be obstructed by others, any of the aisles or passage-ways 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
prevent free ingress or egress during the hours that said places may be
open to the public.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 1, sec. 94. 1880, ch. 133.

111. Said owners or lessees, or their agents, are required to keep open
at all hours during the time said halls, churches, schools or other places
of amusement are open to the public, all doors giving means of ingress or
egress, unless said doors open outward from said places, then the same
may be closed, but no hindrance, such as locks or catches of any kind, shall
be allowed to obstruct or prevent instant and easy egress through the same;
and when said doors open inwards, it is required of said owners, lessees
and their agents, that said doors shall be fastened securely and firmly
open.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 1, sec. 95. 1880, ch. 133.

112. Owners or lessees, or any person holding under them, or their
agents, violating either of the two preceding sections, shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined by the court before whom such conviction is had for any
violation, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered as
other fines in this State, one-half of which shall go to the State and the
other half to the city where such violation occurs and conviction thereof
is had.

P. L. L. (1888). art. 1, sec. 96. 1880, ch. 133.

113. It is made the special duty of the judge or judges of the courts
having criminal jurisdiction in said cities of Baltimore, Cumberland,
Frederick, Annapolis, Hagerstown and Frostburg, to specially charge the
grand juries of said courts upon the execution of the three preceding sec-