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liquors or lager beer or intoxicating drinks of any kind within the limits
of said town; (24) to purchase, receive and hold such real and personal
property as may be necessary or proper for municipal purposes, and to
control, dispose of and convey the same for the benefit of the town; and
also to establish a market and to regulate the same, and to license the
sale of marketable commodities; (25) they shall also have power to pro-
vide for the codification of all ordinances of said town, and to cause the
same to be printed, together with the charter of the town; (26) they shall
also have power to grant for a period not exceeding forty years, upon
such terms, rates, fares and charges and conditions as may be presented
by ordinances, specified franchises or rights in and relating to any of the
public property or places, as the right to use any highway, avenue, street,
lane or alley, either on, above or below the surface of the same, and in
and along its water front; every such grant shall specifically set forth
and define the nature, extent and duration of the franchise or right, shall
make provision by way of forfeiture or otherwise, of the grant and to
secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates and the maintenance
of the property in good condition throughout the full term of the grant;
(27) to suppress, abate and discontinue all nuisances within the corporate
limits of the said town; (28) and in addition to the power of providing
by contract for the lighting of its streets, lanes, alleys, public places and
buildings of the town, they shall have the power also to construct or pur-
chase, own, improve, extend, repair, maintain and' operate an electric
light plant for the purpose of lighting said streets, etc., and for furnish-
ing light and power for the use of the citizens thereof, and to this end
to acquire by gift, grant, lease, purchase or condemnation proceedings,
all lands, tenements, rights, ways, privileges and franchises necessary to
carry this power into effect; (29) to provide for the punishment of any
person or persons keeping a vicious or annoying dog and to provide for
the killing of any such dog.

FINES.

1916, ch. 456, sec. 13. 1918 Code, sec. 62.

43. And the Mayor and Council shall further have the power to pass
ordinances and to fix fines, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00),
in any one case, for a violation of any of the ordinances of said town, and
in case of non-payment of any such fines, they may provide by ordinance
for the confinement of the party failing or refusing to pay said fine in
the town lock-up or the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty days
for any single failure to pay a fine; and all fines, penalties or forfeitures
imposed by this charter, or any ordinance of said Mayor and Council
may be recovered in the name of the Mayor and Council of Brunswick
before a justice of the peace as small debts are recovered, and the money
arising therefrom shall be paid to the Mayor and Council for the use of
said town.