1774 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 992

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 aforesaid shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof by the Circuit
Court or the Police Court for Montgomery or Prince George's
County, as the case may be, shall be fined by the Court before
which such conviction is had for any violation a sum not ex-
ceeding Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid to the County Com-
missioners of the County in which such conviction is had and
recovered as other fines in this State. It shall not be lawful
in said district 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 other explosives or inflammable compound for the purpose
of lighting or heating in any form, except under a special per-
mit from the Commission, granted for that purpose, for a
period not exceeding one year, the same to be renewed from
time to time by said Commission in its discretion; and
any person, agent, owner, or proprietor violating this pro-
vision 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
sweat shop, 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 escape as aforesaid, such owner or owners, or lessees, upon
conviction as hereinabove provided, shall pay a fine of not to
exceed Five Hundred Dollars to be recovered as other fines of
this State, or be imprisoned in the County Jail for sixty days,
or be subject to both fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the Court.

MM. No permit for the construction or erection of any
building or structure of any kind in the said District shall be
granted unless adequate provision is made for disposing of
the waste, sewage and drainage from such building or struc-
ture, and plans thereof presented for the inspection of the
building inspector, having jurisdiction.

NN. The Commission shall have the power and authority,
and the same is hereby expressly delegated to it, of adopting