1078 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 414

trict of Montgomery County to obstruct or allow to be ob-
structed by others, any of the aisles or passage ways in the
auditorium of said halls, churches or places of amusements
by placing therein any benches, chairs or stools or other ar-
ticles that may prevent free ingress and egress during the
hours that said places may be open to the public. Said owners
or lessees, or their agents, are required to keep unlocked and
unobstructed at all hours during the time said halls, churches,
schools or places of amusements are open to the public, all
doors giving ingress and egress, and no hindrance, such as
locks, bars or gratings of any kind shall be allowed to obstruct
or prevent ingress and easy egress through the same, and all
doors of exit shall be so constructed as to open outwardly at
such exits. Owners or lessees, or any person holding under
them, or their agents, violating any of the provisions afore-
said shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction there-
of by the Circuit Court or the Police Court for Montgomery
County be fined by the Court before which such conviction is
had for any violation a sum not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars, to be paid to the County Commissioners and recovered
as other fines in this State. It shall not be lawful in said dis-
trict for any person, agent, owner or proprietor of any sweat-
shop, manufacturing establishment or factory where four or
more persons are employed, to use any coal oil, gasoline or
any other explosive or inflammable compound for the pur-
pose of lighting or heating in any form, except under a spe-
cial permit from the County Commissioners of Montgomery
County, granted for that purpose, for a period not exceeding
one year, the same to be renewed 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 supposed 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 shall fail to make or provide a fire