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    Every such person, firm or corporation operating or maintaining a bathing pavilion or establishment, and any such person, firm or corporation who directly or indirectly engages in the bathing business by inviting, permitting or accommodating people to bathe for pay, as aforesaid, shall also provide a life boat not less than fourteen feet long and equipped with one or more sets of oars, oarlocks, life line and life belt, and at least one ring buoy or life preserver, which ring buoy or life preserver shall be attached to the said life lines which shall consist of cotton, manila or hemp rope not less than one-quarter inch in diameter and not less than one hundred feet in length, which said life line shall be properly coiled in said life boat so as to be capable of being freely thrown. Such life boat, so equipped, shall be kept and maintained on the beach at all times while bathing or swimming is engaged in or permitted, in such position as to be capable of being launched into the surf.   Such life boat shall be of sturdy construction and of such type as to be suitable for use in the surf.

    Every such person, firm or corporation who operates or maintains any such bathing pavilion or establishment, and every such person, firm or corporation who directly or indirectly engages in the bathing business by inviting, permitting or accommodating people to bathe or swim, shall furnish and provide, and have on duty at all times while bathing or swimming is engaged in or permitted, a duly qualified bathing master and life guard, who shall be an expert swimmer, and who shall be in constant and watchful attendance upon the bathers, and who shall patrol the bathing beach and give assistance to or rescue bathers and swimmers who may be in danger or distress.

     Amended by L.1940, c. 94, p. 224, s. 2.

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