1.  Compliance with existing laws, non-compliance in any particular to be specified.

2.   The following ratings of each building as to the safety of the audience, in the judgment of the inspectors, in the light of improved methods of insuring safety:

And such other points as in the opinion of the licensing officer may be suitable. These reports and ratings shall be signed by the inspectors, and shall give the date of the inspection, with such remarks upon the condition of each theatre, special hall and public hall as may be suitable to give notice of danger or to give confidence in the safety of such buildings. After each inspection of a theatre, special hall or public hall, the inspector shall post a notice in conspicuous type, near the main entrance thereof, in the following form:

This theatre (or special hall) (or public hall) has been inspected by inspector (name of inspector) on (date)

[1904, c. 450, Sect. 4; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 33.]

Reports to be Kept on File. Sect. 37. The full inspection reports of theatres, special halls and public halls shall be kept on file by the licensing officer, but, except as hereinafter provided, shall not be open to examination by the public until the expiration of one month from the time when they were rendered, except with the consent of the licensing officer. Every licensee shall be entitled to examine the full reports of his own building at any time. The licensing officer shall make a full report annually of the condition of all theatres, special halls and public halls, which shall be open to examination by the public at all times. The reports of inspectors shall be public records of matters of public interest; and a fair publication of these reports or parts thereof, or comment thereon, by any person, in newspapers or otherwise, shall be privileged.

[1904, c. 450, Sect. 6; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 34.]

Copies of Ratings, etc., to be Sent to Licensee. Penalty for Non-compliance with Order

Sect. 38. A certified copy of all ratings and conclusions of the inspectors in respect to any licensed theatre, special hall or public hall shall be delivered or mailed by the licensing officer to the licensee at the building. If any inspector shall report that the laws or the conditions of the license are not complied with by any licensee, the licensing officer may notify the licensee, fixing a time within which he shall comply with the law and the conditions of the license. If at the expiration of such time there has not been such compliance, the licensing officer shall give a hearing to the licensee; and if upon investigation he shall find that there is a cause, he shall revoke the license. The licensing officer may, if in his opinion the public safety requires it, order any theatre, special hall or public hall to be closed pending a hearing upon the revocation of the license, and any person failing to comply with such order shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars.

[1904, c. 450, Sect. 8; 1906, c. 105, Sect. 2; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 35.)

Copy of Ratings, etc., May be Posted

Sect. 39. Any licensee may post upon his premises a certified copy of the complete table of ratings and conclusions relating to the theatre, special hall or public hall covered by his license, but he shall not post an incomplete copy of such table.

[1904, c. 450, Sect. 9; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 36.]

Penalty for False Statement, etc

Sect. 40. Any person having any duty to perform under this chapter in connection with the licensing or inspection of theatres, special halls or public halls who wilfully makes any false statement or report or any false record of any statement, report or rating as to any such theatre, special hall or public hall shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

[1904, c. 450, Sect. 13; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 37.]

Penalty for Giving or Receiving Free Pass

Sect. 41. Any officer or person having any duty in any way connected with the inspection of theatres, special halls or public halls, who requests for himself or another, or accepts or uses any ticket or pass or privilege of admission, or admission, to any theatre, special hall or public hall for which he is to pay or has paid either nothing or a price less than that demanded of the public generally, and any owner, proprietor, manager, lessee, agent or employee of any theatre, special hall or public hall, or any other person who issues, delivers, offers or allows any such ticket, pass, privilege or admission to any such officer or person, or to any other person, at the request, solicitation, procurement or with the connivance of any such officer or person, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

[1904, c. 450, Sect. 14; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 38.]

Watchmen in Hotels, etc

Sect. 44. The keeper of a hotel, boarding or lodging house or family hotel containing one hundred or more sleeping rooms, and being four or more stories high, shall have therein at least two competent watchmen, each properly assigned, and each on duty between the hours of nine o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning.

The keeper of every hotel, boarding or lodging house or family hotel containing fifty or more sleeping rooms, but less than one hundred, and being three stories high, shall have between said hours at least one competent watchman on duty therein. In all such hotels, lodging houses or family hotels, the halls, corridors and stairways shall be properly lighted at night, and a red light shall be kept during the night at the top and bottom of each flight of stairs; and one or more proper alarms or gongs, capable of being heard throughout the house, shall always remain easy of access and ready for use in every such building to give to the inmates warning of fire. The keeper of every such hotel, boarding or lodging house or family hotel shall keep a notice descriptive of such means of escape conspicuously posted in every sleeping room. [1883, c. 251, Sect. 1; 1884, c. 223, Sect. 2; R. L. 104, Sect. 29; 1913, c. 655, Sect. 42.] [For penalty, see Sect. 46.]