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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-23 > Chapter-23-28-19 > 23-28-19-16SECTION 23-28.19-16
§ 23-28.19-16 Seating. – No proprietors of any performance tent, and no managers or other person orpersons in charge thereof, shall suffer or permit any person to stand or sit,and no person shall stand or sit, in any aisle or passageway or open spacearound a ring enclosure in any tent, in which seats are furnished spectators,during the time of any show or performance, or while spectators are present;and no proprietors, managers, or other person or persons shall sell or cause tobe sold any greater number of tickets of admission to the tent, for any show orperformance therein at a given time, than the number of seats furnishedtherein, and none of the same shall cause or permit any greater number ofpersons to enter the tent to attend any show or performance than the number ofseats furnished therein; provided, that the provisions hereof shall not applyto police officers, ushers, or other persons employed or having duties toperform therein. Any person violating any provision of this section shall befined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
