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For the protection and preservation of the city's property, rights and
privileges.

For the preservation of peace and good order and securing persons and
property from violence, danger or destruction.

For the protection of the health, comfort and convenience of the citizens
of Cumberland and visitors thereto or sojourners therein.

For the appointment of a Board of Health and defining and regulating
its powers and duties.

For the erection and maintenance of houses of correction and for the
confinement of criminals, hospitals or pest houses within or without the
limits of the city, and for the regulation and government of the same.

For the providing proper and suitable lights upon the public streets.

For establishing and maintaining a fire department.

For erecting and maintaining bridges.

For establishing, maintaining and regulating an adequate police force.

And it shall have power to pass all ordinances,

To regulate or prohibit the use of hand organs or instruments of any
annoying character, or other music itinerant performers in the streets,
alleys or public places of such city.

To regulate the location and management of starch factories, glue fac-
tories, renderies, tallow chandlers, bone factories, soap factories, hide
houses, tanneries, slaughter houses, breweries, distilleries, livery stables,
foundries and all other establishments of which the business or trade may
become noxious or injurious to public comfort and health; to prohibit the
erection of such buildings or the continuance of such noxious injurious
occupations therein, whenever the public health or comfort requires it.

To prevent or regulate the use or sale of firearms, fireworks, bonfires or
other things or practices tending to endanger persons or property.

To regulate and prohibit the running at large of cattle, horses, swine,
fowls, sheep, goats, dogs or other animals, to authorize the impounding,
keeping, sale and redemption of such animals when found in violation of
the ordinance in such cases provided.

To prevent the deposit of any unwholesome substance, either on private
or public property; to compel its removal to designated points, and to
require slops, garbage, ashes and other waste or unwholesome material
to be removed to designated points, or to require the occupants of prem-
ises to place them conveniently for removal. For the purpose of this
paragraph jurisdiction is given such city two miles from the corporate
limits.

To compel the occupants of any premises, building or outhouses sit-
uated in said city when the same have become filthy or unwholesome, to
abate or cleanse the same, and to authorize the same to be done by the
proper officers, and assess the expense thereof against such property.

To regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal
oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycerine, dynamite, giant
powder, petroleum, gasoline or gas, or any product thereof, or any other