768                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 524

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 hindrance such as
locks, bars, or gratings of any kind shall be allowed to obstruct or pre-
vent ingress and easy egress through the same. 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 a Trial Magistrate
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 Commissioners
and to be recovered as other fines in this State. This section shall
not be applicable to Montgomery County.]

[91. Inflammable compounds.

It is unlawful in the Regional 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
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 pro-
prietor violating this provisions shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, 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 applicable to Mont-
gomery County.]

[92. Fire Escapes.

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 Montgomery County.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.