The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-05-14

purposes. If house lights are control
led from within the booth. and ad,
ditional emergency switch or control
must be provided near the main exit
and kept at all times in good condition.
Section 10. Any apparatus for pro-
ouclng light in connection with motion
picture displays. shall be placed and
kept inside the machine booth.
Section II: No films shall be exposed
IN the booth at the same time other
to or from the machine or from the up
per or lower magazine in process of
reminding, said films to be kept in
cases separately. when not in the mag
azlne or In process Of reminding; such
cases shall be made of metal without
solder. No material of a combustable
nature shall be stored within any boot
except the films needed for one DAYS
operation.
Section IL. At least two standard
hand chemical fire extinguishers shall
pc provided, one of which must he
kept inside the booth ana iocated in sn
accessible place within easy reach Of
the OPERATOR: the other shall be To-
Gated where it will be easily accessible
IN case OF hre. The extinguishers must
De properly tested every six months
Section 13. Neither smoking nor the
use or keeping of matches shall be per
mltted In any booth, room. compart-
ture machine is installed, and no Der
son shall smoke nor have any matches
therein.
Section IA. The entrance door To rho
motion picture machine pooth shall be
Kept closed but not locked when an
audlence is in the BUILDING.
Section Is: No motion picture ma
chine shall be installed, maintained or
operated in any building that does not
aout directly upon a street, and in no
case f,ase. shall the main floor of such cx-
above or below the adjoining grade
ieVei. TO overcome any difference of
levei on the ground roor gradients
shail be used of not over one foot in
Ten; no steps shall be permitted Exit
doors must be at the same level astne
SIDEWALK provided, however, that this
heGios snail not apply TO commercial
fraternal societies who may present
motlon picture entertainments at ir-
regular intervals.
tlon room for moving picture machines
snail be not less than thirty inches
from back to back. & securely fastened
t TO the moor; they shall De so arranged
that tnere Will be no more than six
seats between any seat and an aisle.
All aisles shall lead cirec.ly 20 exits
ana ah1e al exits its shall be directly acces
than three feet in width where thew
begin, and they shall DE 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
public. WV
Section II. Seats in public halls only
partially used for motion picture the
aters or assembly room purposes may
De fastened together In rows of four
or SIX seats each, and the rules in the
preceding paragraph or section shall
govern as far as practicable.
Section Is. All the requirements of
this ordinance relating to seats, aisles
passsageways. exits. and doors shall APP
motion picture exhibition and theater
Section 10. All motion picture ex-
hlbition rooms shall be provided with
at least two seperate exits, one Of
which shall be in the front and the 9TH
er IN the rear. both leading to unob-
structed outlets or public alley. The ag-
gregate width in feet of such exits
shall be not less than one-twentieth Of
the number of persons to be accommodate
ed thereby. No exit shall be less than
five feet in width and there shall be
main exit not less than ten feet in
width.
Section 20. Every ex:. doorway
leading from the exhibition room shall
nave oyer the same on the auditorium
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
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-
trolled from the ticket office or main
floor. All exit lights shall be kept
lighted at all times during and exhi-
bltlOn or performance
of motion picture theaters or managers
of halls or other places where motion
pictures are displayed are prohibited
from allowing people to congregate in
of the exits in said motion picture the
alter or hall in which such exhibitions
are given.
Section o. 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,
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 gwen, 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 and 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
machine which is NOT installed in &C
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 the city of Sank Centre, MINES ora,
without first having obtained license
therefor. Such license shall be for
period of one year from the date of
payment of the license fee which shall
be the sum of twenty five dollars
($25.00). The person, or some member
of the firm, or officer Of the corporation
desiring a license shall file with the
City Clerk a written application there
for setting forth the name and charac
ter of the applicant and a correct des-
cription of the premises where said
business will be conducted. With the
application shall be presented the GER
tificate of the Fire warden that the
premises where the exhibitions are to
be given and the apparatus used in
connection with said exhibitions, are
in compliance with the requirements
of this ordinances: also the receipt Of