3170 ARTICLE 15.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 23.

62. The said commissioners shall have the power to establish regula-
tions for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, to appoint firemen
and appoint, organize and equip fire companies, and to fix the penalties
for the violation of any fire regulation.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 24.

63. The said commissioners shall have the power to pass ordinances to
preserve the health of the said town, to prevent and remove nuisances, to
prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases within the

said town, and within two miles of the same, and may regulate the places

for the erection of slaughter-houses, canning factories, and whatever other

offensive trade is carried on.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 25.

64. The said commissioners shall have full power to construct and keep
in repair all necessary drains and sewers, and to pass such regulations as

may be necessary for the preservation of the same, and may authorize any
person appointed by them to enter upon the lots, grounds and possession
of any person or body politic, through which said sewers or drains may
pass, and regulate, make or repair the same; and may pass such ordi-
nances as they may deem proper for the protection of the same, and fix
penalties for the violation thereof, to be collected as provided for in Sec-
tion 51 of this subtitle. The cost of constructing, opening, enlarging or
straightening any sewer in any street or alley, or through any private
property, shall be chargeable to the property adjacent thereto, and the
said amounts as charged to the adjacent owners shall be collected in the
same manner as taxes.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 26. 1920, ch. 414. 1922, ch. 450.

65. All the streets, alleys, lanes and public grounds in said town of
Betterton shall be subject, however, at all times for municipal and police
purposes, to the control of the Commissioners of Betterton, who may es-
'tablish, maintain, alter and repair said streets, alleys lanes and public
grounds, and make such improvements thereof and thereon as may, from
time to time, seem to be necessary as herein provided, and the County
Commissioners of Kent County shall annually on or before the first day

of January, 1923, and every year thereafter, pay over to the Commission-

ers of Betterton the sum of three hundred dollars ($300), so that the

Commissioners of Betterton may receive and disburse the said amount for
the purpose of keeping in repair the public ways of said town of Betterton.

1912, ch. 195.

66. The Commissioners of Betterton may levy on the assessable prop-
erty of Betterton such sum of money as they may deem necessary, not ex-
ceeding ten cents on the hundred dollars in any one year, in addition to
the levy of thirty cents on the hundred dollars now authorized by law, and

shall have the same powers in collection of such additional sum as they
may levy as they may now possess.