1440 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

Mayor and council. All proceedings now pending in the name
of the Mayor and council shall be continued in such name and
remain unaffected by the adoption of this charter. The Mayor
and councilmen and all other officers of the town in office at
the date of this act shall hold their offices until their successors
are elected, or appointed and qualified as herein provided;
all ordinances, regulations and resolutions now in force, and
not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall remain in
force until altered or repealed. No provisions of this act shall
effect any right, lien or liability subsisting at the date of its
passage. The council is hereby authorized to prepare a plat
of said town, upon which shall be shown all streets, roads and
public ways, whether heretofore laid out or projected, and by
which all lots and property therein shall thereafter be
described, to control the subdivision of all land and property
within the corporate limits of said town; to establish building
lines, and to compel all persons erecting buildings in said town
to conform thereto. The council shall have the power, and it
shall be their duty to pass such ordinances as may be necessary,
beneficial and proper, and for the enforcement of the provi-
sions of this charter not inconsistent with the law:

(1) To preserve the peace, good order and the best inter-
ests of the town;

(2) To maintain its cleanliness and health, and to this end:

(a) That they shall have the same powers as the State
Board of Health of this State, within the corporate limits of
said town, and one-fourth of a mile outside thereof, in every
direction;

(b) They may adopt and provide an efficient system of drain-
age;

(c) They shall have full power to regulate privies, specify
the character of boxes and other fixtures for them, and the
mode in which they shall be emptied and their contents
removed, as well as the disposition of said contents, and they
shall prohibit the construction or maintenance of privy-sinks,
cess-pools and other depositories of filth within the corporate
limits;

(d) They shall provide for the inspection and cleanliness of
all privies, yards and stores;

(e) They shall regulate the location, inspection and clean-
ing of dairies, stables, cow-yards and pens, all factories and
other places of business likely to be or become detrimental to
health, and shall maintain a good sanitary condition in the
streets, public places and buildings;