926                                 Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 613

CHAPTER 613
(House Bill 323)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Sections 89, 90,
91 and 92 of Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959, this Act having
enacted the sub-title "Park and Planning Commission", having
added this sub-title to the Montgomery County Code (1955 Edition),
being Article 16 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland and having
also added this sub-title to the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County, (1953 Edition), being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, said Sections 89, 90, 91 and 92
being in the sub-title "Regional District", providing that certain
rules and regulations of the Maryland-Washington Regional District
shall not be applicable to Montgomery County,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 89, 90, 91 and 92 of Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959,
this Act having enacted the sub-title "Park and Planning Commis-
sion", having added this sub-title to the Montgomery County Code
(1955 Edition), being Article 16 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland
and having also added this sub-title to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Prince George's County, (1953 Edition), being Article 17 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, said Sections 89, 90, 91 and
92 being in the sub-title "Regional District", be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

89.   The Commission has power and authority to adopt all neces-
sary rules and regulations and orders for assuring adequate pro-
visions for disposing of the drainage, sewage, and waste from all
buildings in the Regional District so as to protect the public health.
Such rules and regulations and orders when recorded in the minutes
of the Commission, signed by its Chairman and attested by its
Secretary-Treasurer, shall have the same force and effect as though
enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland. Any person vio-
lating such a rule, regulation, or order shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than (5)
nor more than fifty (50) dollars. This section shall not be appli-
cable to Montgomery County.

90.  It is unlawful for owners or lessees of any public hall, church,
school, or place of amusement in the Regional District to obstruct
or allow to be obstructed by others, any of the aisles or passageways
in the auditorium of the hall, church, or place of amusement, by
placing therein any benches, chairs, or stools or other articles that
may prevent free ingress and egress during the hours that said
places may be open to the public. The owners or lessees, or their
agents, are required to keep unlocked and unobstructed at all hours
during the time the halls, churches, schools, or places of amusement
are open to the public, all doors giving ingress and egress. No hin-
drance such as locks, bars, or gratings of any kind shall be allowed
to obstruct or prevent ingress and easy egress through the same.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.