114 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

1884, ch. 498.

69. They are authorized to lay off into burial lots the land so
acquired by them, and to lease, sell and convey said lots as they
may deem right and proper. They are authorized to make all
such rules and regulations relative to the maintenance and use of
such roads and bridges as may be constructed by them as they may
deem expedient, in the same manner as by existing laws they can
make and enforce relative to public streets within said city.

1880, ch. 133.

70. It shall not be lawful for the owners or lessees of any
public hall, church, school, or place of amusement, in the cities
of Annapolis, Baltimore, Cumberland, Frederick} 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.

Ibid.

71. 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.

Ibid.

72. 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.