1604 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 703

newed from time to time by said County Commissioners in
their discretion; and any person, agent, owner, or proprietor
violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof be fined by the court before which such
conviction is had, for every violation the sum of one hundred
dollars and costs, and stand committed until such fines and
costs are paid. The owner or owners of any such home or
building used as a sweatshop, manufacturing establishment
or factory where four or more persons are employed in said
district, on other than the first floor of such house or building,
and the owners or lessees of any public hall, church, school or
place of amusement in said district where persons are sup-
posed to congregate on other than the first floor of the same,
shall provide suitable fire escapes for the same; and if any
owner or owners, or lessees of any house or building so used
fail to make or provide a fire escape as aforesaid, such owner
or owners, or lessees, shall pay to the County Commissioners
as aforesaid, and recovered as other fines of this State, or be
imprisoned in the county jail for sixty days, or subject to both
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That no permit for the
construction or erection of any building or structure of any
kind in the said District shall be granted unless adequate pro-
vision is made for disposing of the waste, sewage and drainage
from such building or structure, and plans thereof presented
for the inspection of the building inspector.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Montgomery County shall have the power and
authority, and the same is hereby expressly delegated to them,
of adopting all necessary rules and regulations and orders for
insuring adequate provision for disposing of the drainage,
sewage, and waste from such building, so as to protect the
public health, and such rules, regulations and orders when
recorded in the minutes of said Commissioners, signed by
them and attested by their chief clerk, shall have the same force
and effect as though enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, and any person violating the same shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and be fined not less than five or more than fifty
dollars.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto are hereby re-
pealed to the extent of such inconsistency.