CECIL COUNTY. 1975

cated so as to render it unsafe to permit him to drive through the streets,
they shall provide for the removal of the horse and vehicle without the
limits of the town, or for the deposit thereof in some place of safety until
the offender shall be sober, and may subject the property so taken and
deposited, to the payment of the costs of the proceedings and of the keep
of said property until the same be released according to law.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 137. 1880, ch. 435. 1896, ch. 463, sec. 137.

185. The limits of the town of Elkton shall be as follows: Beginning
for the same at the west abutment of Gilpin's Bridge over the Big Elk
Creek on the public road from Elkton to Newark, Delaware, thence with
the middle line of Big Elk Creek, until the same meets or intersects with
Little Elk Creek, thence with the easternmost bank of Little Elk Creek
to the east abutment of the bridge at the Red mill on the Elkton and
Northeast public road, thence from said east abutment of the Red mill
bridge in a straight line to the west abutment of Gilpin's Bridge, the point
of beginning; provided, however, that all lands, houses, buildings and im-
provements thereupon, not included within the town limits prior to the
year 1896, and not within 100 yards of the water-mains of the town as the
same are now located, and subject to a county tax for the repair of roads
and highways, shall, together with the personal property of the occupants
of said houses and buildings, be exempt from taxation for town purposes
until such time as the said property shall directly receive the benefit of
the water and light system of the town; and provided further, that if the
said property not heretofore within the town limits and distant one hun-
dred yards from the water main of the town, shall be exempt from county
tax for the repair and maintenance of roads and highways, exclusive of
bridges, then said property shall be liable to a tax for town purposes,
equivalent to such exemption from said county taxation for roads and
highways, not to exceed sixty cents, in any one year, on the one hundred
dollars of the assessment of said property for said State and county taxes.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 138. 1880, ch. 435. 1800, ch. 623, sec. 138. 1914, ch. 70.

186. The President and Commissioners shall have power to establish
the limit and width of the streets of said town and to establish grade lines
in said town; to open new streets, lanes and alleys in the town, and to
straighten and increase the width of, and remove all obstructions from
those already located or used, and to provide for the paving of the said
streets and sidewalks thereof and for keeping the same in repair, and for
the proper drainage of said streets and alleys, and for that purpose to con-
struct drains, sewers and culverts when necessary; to determine conditions
and limitations for the erection of buildings in said town; to prescribe the
kind and character of buildings that may be erected therein, and issue
permits without which no building may be erected in said town, and to
require removal of structures dangerous to public safety; and shall have
authority to pass all proper and necessary ordinances and orders to that
end; and shall have full power and authority to impose such fines ani