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§ 45-11-49. Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers

MS Code § 45-11-49 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) To provide for each room a rope or rope ladder, or other like appliance; or

(b) To give notice calling attention to such rope or rope ladder or appliance, and giving directions for its use; or

(c) To provide iron balconies with iron stairs; or

(d) To provide a hand or side rail to each stairway; or

(e) To provide a Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved electric fire detector; or

(f) To give alarm and awaken all guests and inmates of his house in case of fire therein or in close proximity thereto; or

(g) To do everything in case of fire in his power to rescue the guests or inmates of his house; or

(h) To do anything required by law to be done under the provisions of Sections 45-11-21 through 45-11-55;

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ninety (90) days nor more than six (6) months, or fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.

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