The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-08-27

than the one film in process of transfer
to or from the machine or from the up
per or lower magazine in process of
| rewinding. said films to be kept in
cases, separately, when not in the mag
azlne or in process of reminding; such
solder. No material of a combustible
nature shall be stored within any booth
except the films needed for one day s
operation.
Section IL. At least two standard
hand chemical fire extinguishers shall
be provided, one of which must be
Kept inside the booth ana Iocated in an
accessible place within easy reach of
the operator; the other shall be To-
Gated where it will be easily accessible
in case of fire. The extinguishers must
be properly tested every six months.
section IL. Neither smoking nor the
use or Keeping of matches shall be per-
mltted in any booth. room, compart-
ment or enclosure where motion pic
ture machine is installed, and no per-
son shall smoke nor have any matches
therein.
Section IA. The entrance door to the
motion picture machine pooth shall be
kept closed but not locked when an
audience is in the builGlng.
Section Is. No motion picture ma
chine shall be installed, maintained or
operated in any building that does not
abut directly upon street, and in no
case shall the main floor of such cx-
above or ro 6n1o mo Nor. han tour rect
level. To overcome any difference of
level on the ground Eoor, gradients
shall be used of not over one foot in
ten; no steps shall be permitted. Exit
doors must be at the same level as the
| sidewalk, provided. however, that this
section shall not apply co commercial
fraternal societies who may present
motion picture entertainments at ir
regular intervals.
Section Is. All seats IN any exhibit
fOr Uiv,cr vofr h aS
shall be not less than thirty. inches
from back to back, & securely fastened
to the floor; they shall pe so arranged
that there will be no more than six
seats between any seat and an aisle
All aisles shall lead cirec.Iy 20 exits
and all exits shall be directly acces-
than three feet in width where they
begin, and they shall pc increased in
| width towards the exit two inches to
| every. ten running feet in length All
exit doors shall be arranged to swing
outward and be provided with fasten
ings such as can be opened readily
from the inside. without the use Of
keys or any special erort, but not
locked when the room is open to the
public.
Section II. Seats in public halls only
partially used for motion picture the
aters or assembly room purposes may
be fastened together In rows of four
or six seats each, and the rules in the
preceding paragraph or section shall
Section Is. All the requirements of
this ordinance relating to seats. aisles,
passageways, exits, and doors shall APP
ply in connection with each outdoor
Section 10. All motion picture exhi-
bition rooms shall be provided with
floor constructed of REINFORCED con-
crete, stone, brick, or other non-com-
bustible material of like nature, and of
proper thickness to insure sufficient
strength; no stoves or open fire shall
be kept or used in any such exhibition
room for the purpose of heating, but
heat shall only be supplied by means
of properly protected radiation heated
by steam or hot water and If the boiler
or apparatus used for making the
steam or heating the water be located
within the building wherein the said
exhibition room is situate then said
boiler or other apparatus shall be kept
in room or enclosure which shall have
solid concrete, brick or stone floor and
fire walls of the same material not less
than IL inches in thickness, the ceiling
or roof of said room or enclosure shall
also be Of REINFORCED concrete, brick
or stone, and shall be not less than nine
inches in thickness. Such room or en-
closure shall be kept at all times free
and clear of rubbish and no combusti-
nor shall fuel be stored therein.
All motion picture exhibition rooms
shall be provided with at least three
separate exits, one of which shall be in
the front anu the OIner TWO OF WHICH
shall be in the rear on opposite sides
of the building and in front of the mo-
tion picture screen and all leading to
lunobstrutced outlets to the public
in feet of such exits shall be not less
than One-twentieth of the number of
persons to be accommodated thereby.
No exit shall be less than five feet in
width and there shall be a main exit
of not less than ten feet in width in
aggregate.
Section 20. Every exit doorway
leading from the exhibition room shall
have over the same on the auditorium
side, the word EXIT" IN letters not
less than six inches high, or illuminat-
ed metal or glass sign with letters
of the same height. Where Illuminated
letters or signs are NOT provided there
shall be at least one red light over
each exit doorway. Lights used in
marking exits or lighting passageways,
stairways or inclines leading from
them shall not depend upon or be con-
trolled by wires. switches or fuses To-
Gated in any room, compartment or
booth, or enclosure containing any mo-
ton picture machine. but shall be con-
floor. All exit lights shall be kept
lighted at all times during an exhi-
bition or performance.
Section 81. All owners or managers
of motion picture theaters or managers
of halls or other places where motion
pictures are displayed are prohibited
from allowing people to congregate in
aisles or passageways leading to,any
of the exits in said motion picture the
alter or hall in which such exhibitions
are given.
Section %. The Fire Warden and the
Chief of the Fire Department of the
City of Sank Centre are hereby en-
powered to enter and inspect any room,
compartment, booth or audience room,
in which a motion picture machine is
installed, or in which an exhibition Of
motion picture machine is being Civ
en-, or is intended to be given, and any
person interfering with the said Fire
Warden or Chief of the Fire Depart
ment while in the performance Of his
duty shall be deemed to have violated
the provisions of this ordinance.
Section %. The proprietor, or in his
absence the manager, or other repre-
sentative in control of any room or
building to which the public is admit
ted, and in which an exhibition of one
or more motion picture machines is
given, shall be held responsible for
full compliance with the provisions Of
this ordinance before the same is
opened to the public. Any person who
shall operate or cause to be operated
q machine which is NOT installed in ac-
cordance with these provisions shall
be deemed to have violated the pro-
visions of this ordinance.
Section "a. No person. firm or corpor-
alton shall conduct or be permitted to
conduct the business or moving picture
exhibitions nor moving picture theater
in, ho aif Of