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Government
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authorize the bailiff to do so, that may be necessary, and to
make all contracts for public improvements, and to fix the
price to be paid for same. The Commissioners shall have
power to make such by-laws and pass such ordinances, not
contrary to law and in conformity with this charter, as they
may deem necessary for 'good government of the town and
the inhabitants thereof, to prevent, remove and abate all
nuisances and obstructions in or upon the streets, sidewalks,
highways, lanes, alleyS, drains, waterways or rivers, or in or
upon any lot, and to provide for imposing a fine upon any
person causing or creating such nuisance or obstructions; to
grant permits for and control and regulate the erection of all
buildings, specifying- in all cases the material of which they
shall be built, and for what purpose used, and to have power
to remove, or order the removal, of any building that may be
a nuisance, or that may have been erected contrary to any
ordinance heretofore passed or hereafter to be passed, or that
may endanger any building contiguous thereto in case of
fire, and to enact ordinances and impose fines for the enforce-
ment of these provisions; to establish grades upon the streets,
alleys, gutters and sidewalks of said town, the width thereof,
and prescribe the material of which they shall be built; to
cause the sidewalks along said p\iblic streets to be graded,
paved, repaved or improved, and kerbs to be set at the cost
and expense of the owner of the abutting property, which cost
shall be a lieu upon the abutting propertv, and recoverable by
action at law, or compel by fines or otherwise the owner or
proprietors of any such lot to grade, pave or repave the side-
walks, set kerbs in front thereof, agreeable to ordinances
that may hereafter be passed; to establish a market-house,
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Shall issue
licenses.
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by lease or otherwise, and regulate the days, hours and
limits thereof and mode of dealing therein; to grant licenses
or permits for the sale of marketable commodities, such as
fresh meats, fruits, vegetables, poultry, etc.; to control and
protect the public grounds, cemeteries and property of town;
to provide for and regulate the issuing of license or permits
for all hawking, peddling and the vending of any goods, wares
and merchandise of every description upon the streets or
highways of said town or to itinerant peddlers that go from
house to house to sell their goods, wares or merchandise, or
to itinerant persons who dispense patent medicines or medical
advice; to regulate and provide for licenses and tax on all
carts, wagons, carriages, hacks and vehicles of all kinds that
ply for hire within the limits of said town; to provide for and
regulate licenses or permits for all exhibitions and shows
within said town, or to prohibit and restrain them, and to
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