ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 1077

mine that said buildings as herein enumerated have not the
proper means of exit for the purposes herein prescribed then
it shall be the duty of such inspector of buildings to notify,
in writing, the said owners, trustees, or lessees of said build-
ings as herein enumerated, to so improve the same as to pro-
vide the proper means of exit in case of fire or panic as in
the judgment of said inspector of buildings, he may deem
proper and necessary. If any person, having been notified,
shall fail to comply with the said notice, he shall, after the
expiration of thirty days from the date of the notice, for-
feit and pay a fine of one hundred dollars for non-compliance
therewith, and twenty-five dollars per day for each and every
day thereafter that he shall refuse to make such improvements,
as prescribed in the notice so given, said fines to be collected
as other fines are collected by the law; provided, however, that
the person so ordered to make improvements to his property
as aforesaid shall have the right to appeal in writing to the
County Commissioners of Montgomery County from such order
of the building inspector, and to adduce evidence and be
heard thereon; but the right to such appeal shall be consid-
ered waived unless the same be taken within fifteen days from
the service of such notice. It shall be the duty of the Board
of Education of Montgomery County to comply with all the
building regulations adopted by the County Commissioners
for the district embraced within the provisions of this Act,
and it shall further be the duty of the said Board of Educa-
tion to provide suitable fire escapes for all school buildings
heretofore erected and now in use in the whole of Montgom-
ery County where said buildings are more than one-story in
height, and also to provide suitable fire escapes for all said
buildings now in course of construction or hereafter to be
erected; and in the event of the failure of said Board of Edu-
cation to comply with the provisions of this Act, the County
Commissioners shall have the power to contract for the doing
of such work and shall deduct the cost thereof from the amount
levied for the support of schools of the county.

4. That it shall be the duty of the inspector of buildings
to enforce the execution of all existing or hereafter enacted
building rules or regulations relating to the construction, al-
teration and removal of buildings or other structures, walls or
parts of buildings or other structures.

5. That it shall not be lawful for owners or lessees of any
public hall, church, school or place of amusement in. said dis-