JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

sation as said Commissioners shall deem proper, and the said
officers appointed under this section shall before entering
upon the duties of their office make oath before the said Com-
missioners that they will faithfully and impartially perform
the duties required of them respectively according to the best
of their skill and judgment, without favor, affection or pre-
judice.

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SEC. S. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall have
power to pass all ordinances necessary for the good govern-
ment of the town, to prevent, remove and abate all nuisance
or obstructions in or upon the streets, highways, lanes or
-alleys, drains or water courses, or in or upon any lot or lots
adjacent thereto, and to provide for imposing a fine or fines
upon any person or persons causing or creating any such
nuisance or obstruction, to remove or cause to be removed
houses or other structures that may be dangerous to persons
passing along and over any of the highways of the town; to
make reasonable regulations in regard to buildings to be erected
in said town and to grant building permits for the same; to
extend streets, to open alleys, to make and establish grades
upon the streets and highways of the town, to cause the side-
walks and gutters along the public streets and highways of
said town to be graded, paved, repaired or improved at the
cost and expense of the abutting property or the owner thereof;
to cause the water course, drains or sewers of the town to be
kept in repair and cleaned; to establish markets, and to
regulate the hours and limits thereof, and mode of dealing in
relation thereto; to grant licenses for marketable commodities;

Power to pass
all ordinances
necessary for
the good
government
of said town,
etc.

to control and protect the public grounds and property of the
town; to establish and regulate a station-house or lock-up, for
the temporary confinement of violators of the laws and
ordinances of the town, to suppress vagrancy, to prohibit or
restrain the keeping of bawdy house, or house of ill-fame,
within the limits of the town, and to provide for the punish-
ment of all persons who shall keep, authorize or suffer to be
kept any such bawdy-house or house of ill-fame; to regulate

Establish and
regulate a
station house,
etc.

and provide for the issuing of license or permit for all hawking,
peddling and vending of wares and merchandise of every
description upon the streets or highways of the town, and to
issue licenses or permits to all itinerant peddlers who may go
from house to house to vender, sell any wares or merchandise;
to regulate and provide for the issuing of licenses to all trav-
eling persons who dispense medicine or medical advice; they
shall also have power to demand a license from all players or
showmen exhibiting within said town; and to provide for

Regulate the
issuing of
licenses of all
kinds, etc.