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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

according to the best of their skill and judgment, without

favor, affection or prejudice, and the president or acting presi-

dent of the Commissioners shall administer said oath; and

Treasurer to

the said treasurer, in addition to the oath prescribed, shall

bond.

give bond in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faith-

ful performance of his duties.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall

Ordinances for
the good gov-

have power to pass all ordinances necessary for the good

ernment of

government of the said town, to prevent, remove and abate

the town.

nuisances and 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 re-

moved houses or other structures that may be dangerous

to persons passing along or over any of the said highways

of said 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 said town, to cause the sidewalks and gutters along the

public streets to be graded and paved, repaired or improved

at the cost and expense of the abutting property or the owner

thereof, such paving or grading to be made economically

so as to minimize the expense thereof; to cause the water-

courses, drains or sewers of the said town to be kept in re-

pair and cleaned; to establish markets and to regulate the

hours and limits thereof, and the mode of dealing in relation

thereto ; to grant licenses for marketable commodities ; to con-

To protect
property of

trol and protect the public grounds and property of the town ;

town.

to establish and regulate a station house or lockup, for the

temporary confinement of the violators of the laws and ordi-

nances of the town; to suppress vagrancy; to prohibit or re-

strain the keeping of bawdy houses, or houses of ill fame

within the corporate limits, and to provide for the punishment

Issuance of

of all persons who shall keep or suffer to be kept in their

licenses to

property any such house or houses; to regulate and provide

peddlers, etc.

for the issuing of license or permit for all hawking, peddling

or vending of wares and merchandise of every description

upon the streets or highways of the town, and to issue license

or permits to all itinerant persons who dispense medicine

or medical advice; to demand a license from all players or

showmen exhibting within said town; to provide for licens-

ing theatres and to regulate and restrain theatrical or other

public amusement within the said town; to regulate and license