HERBERT K, O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1773

ment of said inspector, 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, forfeit 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 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 Commission from such
order of a Building Inspector and to adduce evidence and be
heard thereon; but the right to such appeal shall be considered
waived unless the same shall be taken within fifteen days from
the service of such notice. It shall be the duty of the Boards
of Education of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties to
comply with all the building regulations adopted by the Com-
mission for the District, and it shall further be the duty of the
said Boards of Education to provide suitable fire escapes f or all
school buildings heretofore erected and now in use 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 con-
struction or hereafter to be erected; and in the event of the
failure of said Boards of Education to comply with the provi-
sions of this Act the County Commissioners of Prince George's
and Montgomery Counties as the case may be, upon certifica-
tion of such failure by the Commission, shall have the power
to contract for the doing of such work and may deduct the
cost thereof from the amount levied for the support of schools
of the County.

KK. It shall be the duty of said building inspectors to
enforce the execution of all existing or hereafter enacted
building rules or regulations relating to the construction, alter-
ation and removal of buildings or other structures, walls or
parts of buildings or other structures.

LL. It shall not be lawful for owners or lessees of any
public hall, church, school or place of amusement in said Dis-
trict to obstruct or allow to be obstructed by others, any of
the aisles or passageways in the auditorium of said halls,
churches or places of amusement by placing therein any
benches, chairs or stools or other articles that may pre-
vent 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 amusement are open to the public, all doors giving
ingress and egress, and no hindrance, such as locks, bars or