PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 435

and, by ordinance, to prescribe precautions and safeguards
against fire, and to define and appoint the parts and sections
of the town to which measures of precaution as well as means
of extinguishing fire shall apply. (8) To keep in repair side-
walks, gutters and roadways of the streets, lanes, alleys and
thoroughfares of said town. (9) To regulate the terms and
conditions upon which the public water supply and public
sewers which the said town may hereafter have may be used,
to establish a system of charges for the use thereof, and to
appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary; to
conduct and manage the business of the town water works, and
to provide by ordinance for the protection of buildings, machin
ery, water pipes, hydrants, water plugs, standpipes and other
property belonging to or connected with such public water sup-
ply, and also for the protection of the public water supply of
said town against pollution, obstruction and wastes, and to
enforce all ordinances by reasonable penalties. (10) To pro-
vide by ordinance for arresting and committing to the lockup
or to the county jail of any vagrant or drunken person who may
appear en any of the streets, lanes, alleys or thoroughfares or
any place of public resort in said town, any common disturber
of the peace, and by ordinance to punish all profane, indecent
and obscene language in the hearing or in the presence of other
persons within the corporate limits. (11) To declare and
adjudge by order entered in the minute book any encroachment
and continuing obstruction of any of the streets, lanes, alleys or
thoroughfares of said town to be a public nuisance, and to
order the same to be corrected or removed at the expense of the
parties or persons who brought about or placed the encroach-
ment or obstruction thereon or who use or take advantage there-
of, or who are responsible for the continuance thereof, or who
by their connection therewith are the parties or persons who
ought to correct the same, and on refusal or failure of the per-
son ordered to correct or remove said encroachment or obstruc-
tion to remove or have the same removed at the charge and
expense of the party or persons so ordered, with a right on
the part of the Mayor and Council to sue for and recover all
sums of money laid out and expended by them in removing or
correcting said obstruction or encroachment in an action at
law without relieving the said parties or persons so responsible
for such nuisance from criminal prosecution. (12) To prohibit
the keeping of any vicious or dangerous dog or other beasts in
said town by order noted on the minute book and served on the
owner or reputed owner or controlling occupant of the premises
where the animal is kept, and to direct such animal to be killed