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penalties, for violations thereof, to be collected as provided for in the last
preceding Section 340.*
1908, Ch. 171, sec. 13 (p. 889). 1912, ch. 181, sec. 13.
347. The said corporation shall have the power to pass ordinances,
requiring all circus or theatrical performances, shows, plays and public
entertainments for which an admission fee is charged to take out a license
before giving an exhibition in said town, and to fix the cost of said
license, and shall have the power to pass all ordinances to provide for reg-
ulating peddler of nostrums, notions, patent, secret or pretended inven-
tions and remedies on the streets, alleys or sidewalks of said town.
And shall have the power to pass ordinances requiring all persons and
corporations to take out a license before using any cart, dray, wagon, dear-
born or any other vehicle for the purpose of hauling or transporting any
goods, wares, materials or other things for compensation. And to license
bowling alleys, billiard and pool tables, skating rinks and other public
amusements.
1908, ch. 171, sec. 14 (p. 889).
348. Said corporation may provide by ordinance for the immediate
arrest, without warrant, of any person violating any town ordinance, when
in the judgment of the said president or of the constable or police of the
town the delay necessary to the issuing of warrants would be dangerous to
the peace and quiet of the town or to the lives, limbs or property of the
citizens; and when it shall appear that offender is intoxicated so as to
Tender it unsafe to permit him to ride or drive through the streets of said
town, shall provide for the custody of the horse or horses, vehicle or
vehicles, ridden or driven by such persons, in some place of safety until
such offender or offenders shall become sober; and the said corporation
shall by ordinance subject the property so taken and deposited to the pay-
ment of all cost of the proceedings and the keeping of the said property
until the same shall be released according to law.
1908, ch. 171, sec. 15 (p. 889).
349. The police and the other officers of the peace appointed by the
said corporation under the powers conferred by this Act, are hereby vested
with the same power and authority as any constable or police officer may
now or hereafter have under the laws of the State.
1908, ch. 171, sec. 16 (p. 890).
350. The justices of the peace resident in said town are hereby declared
to be the conservators of the peace of said town, and it shall be their duty
to order the arrest of any person Or persons found breaking the peace or
disturbing the quiet or order of said town or violating any of the ordi-
nances made by the Councilmen for securing the safety, health, property
or lives of the inhabitants of said town, destroying or injuring the property
*Evidently sec. 345 intended.
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