PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1419

passage. (28) The council shall have the power to borrow
money from time to time, as may be necessary, and in so doing
shall issue certificate of indebtedness, but said certificate shall
be made payable before the expiration of one year, and the
amount shall not exceed five hundred dollars. (29) The coun-
cil shall have the power to impose a reasonable annual license
or tax for police regulation and supervision upon all telephone,
telegraph, electric light and electric power poles erected upon
the streets of the town, and all cable subways or conduits placed
in said streets; and no individual or corporation shall use any
street, public lane or public alley of said town for any tele-
graph, telephone, electric light or electric power poles or lines,
or for any subway or conduit without the consent of the coun-
cil of Glen Echo first had and obtained by ordinance for that
purpose passed and approved; and any such pole or line, sub-
way or conduit placed upon, in or under any of the streets,
lanes or public alleys of said town without such consent of
the Mayor and council of Glen Echo shall be deemed a nuis-
ance. (30)The council shall have the power to authorize
the removal or confinement of such persons having infectious
or pestilential diseases, or insane paupers. (31) The council
shall have the power to pass such ordinances as may be neces-
sary for the protection, maintenance and preservation of the
water supply of the town. (32) The council shall have the
power to provide for the punishment of any person or persons
beeping a vicious or annoying dog and to provide for the killing
of any such dog or dogs. (33) The council shall have the
power to provide for the lights of the town at the public
expense.

1906, ch. 826, sec. 14.

292. That the council may adopt suitable measures for the
removal of sewage and garbage, and fix the amount to be
paid therefor, which shall be paid by a special tax for that
purpose to be imposed on the occupants of the respective build-
ings, and collected thereform, provided that the owners of said
property shall be responsible for said tax in case the same can-
not be collected from the occupants of the buildings, and the
same shall be a lien on said property and collected as other
taxes are collected; and the council may pass suitable ordi-
nances to enable the proper officers to collect and remove all
filth from the town, and provide for the disposal thereof; a
special tax may be imposed to carry out the provisions of this
section, not exceeding the sum of fifty cents per month on any
one house, to be paid by the owner or occupant thereof.