9-1-9: PUBLIC BUILDINGS; REQUIREMENTS:
The owner, agent, occupant or person charged with the custody of any public building, auditorium, hotel, theater, lodge hall or church, and in the case of schools, the President of the Board of Education or the person in charge thereof and owning the same, shall be held liable for the equipment and maintenance of such apparatus as is required by the applicable statutes and regulations of the State. (1979 Code § 9-1-3)