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Session Laws, 1961
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J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            927

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 of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by a Circuit Court,
[or the People's Court in Montgomery County] or a Trial Magis-
trate in Prince George's County shall be fined by the Court before
which such conviction is had for any violation a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.00), to be paid to [the [County Council or]
County Commissioners and to be recovered as other fines in this
State. This section shall not be applicable to Montgomery County.

91.   It is unlawful in the Regional District for any person, agent,
owner, or proprietor of any sweat shop, manufacturing establish-
ment, 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 permit from the Commission, granted for that purpose, for
a period not exceeding one year, and to be renewed from time to
time by the Commission in its discretion. Any person, agent, owner,
or proprietor violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be fined by the Court,
before which such conviction is had, for every violation, the sum
of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs, and stand committed
until such fines and costs are paid. This section shall not be appli-
cable to Montgomery County.

92.   The owner or owners of any home or building used as a
sweat shop, manufacturing establishment, or factory where four or
more persons are employed in the Regional District, on other than
the first floor of the house or building; and the owners or lessees
of any public hall, church, school, or place of amusement in the
Regional District where persons are supposed to congregate on other
than the first floor, shall provide suitable fire escapes therefor. If
any owner or owners, or lessees of any house or building so used
shall fail to make or provide a fire escape as required in this section,
the owner or owners, or lessees, upon conviction shall pay a fine not
to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be recovered as other
fines in this State, or be imprisoned in the County Jail for sixty
days, or in the discretion of the Court, to be subject to both fine
and imprisonment. This section shall not be applicable to Mont-
gomery County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 614
(House Bill 394)

AN ACT to add new Sections 28 (H), 60 (c-1), 74 (e) and (f), and 89
(d), to follow immediately after Sections 28 (G), 60 (c), 74 (d),
89 (c), and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Secs. 8 (c),
9 (b), 10 (c), 11 (c) 8 (K), 9 (K), 10 (K), 11 (N), 13 (c), 14 (b),

 

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