PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1509

all land and real property within the corporate limits of said
town, and to make reasonable regulations in regard to buildings
to be erected in said town, and to grant permits for same. 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 provisions of this charter, not
inconsistent with the laws: (1) To preserve the peace, good
order and best interest of the town; (2) to maintain its cleanli-
ness and health, and to this end, (a) they shall have the same
powers as the State Board of Health within the corporate lim-
its of said town; (b) they may provide for and adopt an effi-
cient system of drainage; (c) they shall have full power to regu-
late 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 have the power to prohibit the construction or
maintenance of privy sinks, cesspools and other depositories of
filth within the corporate limits; (d) they shall provide for the
inspection ami cleanliness of yards and stores; (e) they shall
regulate the location, inspection and cleanliness of dairies, sta-
bles, cow yards and pens, all factories and other places of busi-
ness likely to be or become detrimental to health; they shall
have the power to prohibit hogpens and slaughterhouses within
the town limits, and shall maintain a good sanitary condition in
the streets, public places and buildings; (f ) they shall provide
for the inspection of all premises by such person or persons as
may be designated by the health officer; (g) they shall pass such
ordinances as may be deemed necessary to preserve the health
of the town, suppress and remove all nuisances, prevent the
sale of adulterated or decayed food, and control or prohibit any
and all such business within the corporate limits as may inju-
riously affect sanitary conditions; (3) to establish the grades of
the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town, fix the width
thereof and prescribe the material of which they shall be con-
structed; to cause the sidewalks along the public streets to be
graded, paved, repaved, repaired and set with curbs at the cost
And expense of the town and of the owners of the abutting
property in equal portions, said work to be done by and under
the direction of the town authorities, as may be provided for by
the Council, and the mpney due from the abutting property
owners shall be a lien on said abutting property and collected
as other taxes are collected; provided, that before any special
tax for such purpose shall be levied, notice shall be served upon
said abutting property owners of the purpose and amount of
said tax, either by personal service by the marshal or by the