332 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

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.

1880, ch 133.

126. 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 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.

127. 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 violations occur and conviction thereof is had.

Ibid.

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

1883, ch. 74.

129. It shall be the duty of the inspector of buildings to visit
and inspect all theatres, hotels, public halls, churches and build-