Lighting of Lodge Halls

Campbell, 1st Dep. Att’y-Gen.,

You have asked for a construction of that portion of section 1 of the Act of May 3, 1909, P. L. 417, as last amended by the Act of May 11, 1921, P. L. 505, which reads: “All ways of egress or means of escape in said buildings wherein persons are *130employed after darkness or the public assembles after darkness shall be provided with a reliable emergency electric lighting circuit of a type to be approved by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.”

Your question is: Does the above quoted clause refer to lodge halls in which persons congregate who are members of a…