434 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 223]

as enacted by Chapter 733 of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1908, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, so as to read as follows:

42. Besides the power and authority conferred upon the
Mayor and Council in the other sections of this sub-title of this
article, the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority
to make such by-laws and in conformity with this charter as
they may deem necessary for the good government of said town,
for the following purposes, to wit: (1) To promote and pre-
serve the health of the town and the people thereof, and to
protect and safeguard the town generally and every section
thereof, and to protect and safeguard the property belonging
to the town as a corporate body as well as the property of the
residents thereof, and also to protect and safeguard persona
who are non-residents, and the property of such non-residents
while they or their property are within said town. (2) To
forbid and prevent or remove and abate all nuisances and to
define and describe what shall be a nuisance, and to declare
any existing thing within said town to be a nuisance which
prejudices or is liable to prejudice the health of the people
thereof, or of any considerable number of the same, and to pre-
scribe and appoint means for removing any nuisance and to
enforce the use of such means, and to prescribe penalties for
a refusal or failure to remove any nuisance after the Mayor
and Council have ordered the removal thereof. (3) To open,
build or construct, and to enclose or keep open, and to regulate
and to keep in repair all necessary and useful drains and sewers,,
and to demand and obtain for the policeman, employees, work-
men and laborers in the service of the town the right to enter
any private property and premises for the purpose of improv-
ing the condition of any such drain or sewers; for opening the
same when they become closed or obstructed; to rebuild or
repair them when they require rebuilding or repairing, and
also to provide penalties in case of persons who resist any
employees, workmen or laborers in the service of the town,
and to forbid or prevent any parties or persons from obstructing
such drains or from placing upon or over any drain or sewer
coal, wood or any heavy mass of any kind, and from erecting
buildings thereon, and to provide penalties for violations there-
of. (4) To regulate party walls and division fences. (5) To
restrain and prohibit by ordinance all gambling and gaming,
and the keeping of gambling houses or tables therein, and to
prescribe penalties for any such act. (6) To erect and regulate
markets and to make all proper by-laws and ordinances in
relation thereto. (7) To establish and regulate fire companies,