4804 ARTICLE 22.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 219. 1880, ch. 133.

377. 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 amuse-
ment, 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 lock 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. 22,, sec. 220. 1880, ch. 133.

378. 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 cities where such violation occurs and conviction thereof
is had.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 221. 1880, ch. 133.

379. It is made the special duty of the judge or judges of the courts
having criminal jurisdiction in said cities of Hagerstown, Baltimore,
Cumberland, Frederick, Annapolis and Frostburg, to especially charge
the grand juries of said courts upon the execution of the three preceding
sections; and the police authorities of said cities are especially charged
with the execution thereof, and to that end shall direct nightly examina-
tions by some of their officers, of all such places.

1924, ch. 260, sec. 266.

380. The Mayor, by and with the consent of the Council, shall have
supervision and control of all 'Commissions or Boards by them appointed,
and their orders to any such Commission or Board shall be mandatory.*

GARBAGE.

1900, ch. 384. 1922, ch. 377.

381. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown are hereby authorized and
empowered to establish by ordinance a system for the collection of garbage
within the corporate limits of Hagerstown, and its removal beyond said
limits, together with the disposal of the same when so collected or re-
moved, and to this end are authorized and empowered to enter into con-
tract with any person or persons, corporation or corporations, for the per-
formance of any duty or services made necessary or proper by such ordi-
nance, or in their discretion the said Mayor and Council may appoint
officers and agents to perform such duty or services, to be appointed as
other city officers are appointed. And the said Mayor and Council are

*Sec. 2, ch. 260, 1924, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.