3422 ARTICLE 16.

(b) They may adopt and provide an efficient system of drainage;

(c) They shall have full power to regulate privies, specify the char-
acter of boxes and other fixtures for them and the mode in which they
shall be emptied and their contents removed, as well as the disposition
of said contents, and they shall prohibit the construction or maintenance
of privy sinks, cesspools and other depositories of filth within the corpo-
rate limits:

(d) They shall provide for the inspection and cleanliness of all privies,
yards and stores;

(e) They shall regulate the location, inspection and cleanliness of
dairies, stables, cow yards and pens, all factories and other places of busi-
ness likely to be, or become detrimental to health and shall maintain a
good sanitary condition in the streets, public places and buildings;

(f) They shall provide for the frequent inspection of all premises by
a person or persons to be designated by the Mayor or health officer;

(g) They shall pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary to
preserve the health of the town, suppress and remove all nuisances, pre-
vent the sale of adulterated or decayed food, and prohibit any and all
business within the corporate limits as shall in their opinion injuriously
affect the sanitary condition thereof;

(3) To establish the grades of the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said
town, fix the width thereof and describe the material of which they shall
be constructed; to cause the sidewalks along the public streets to be graded,
paved, repaved or improved at the cost and expense of the owners of the
abutting property, which costs, in case the work is done by or by order
of the council, after twenty-one days notice to the owner or owners of such
property, shall be a lien on such abutting property and recoverable by
action of law, or in the manner provided by law for the collection of
delinquent general taxes of the town, or delinquent State and county taxes,
or compel by fines or otherwise, the owners of properties of any such lot or
lots to grade, pave, or repair the sidewalks, or set curbs in front thereof
agreeable to ordinances which may hereafter be passed.

(4) To open and keep open and free from obstruction all streets, pub-
lic squares and reservations, grade and pave, close or alter the same, and
their rights, powers and duties in relation thereto, shall, except, as here-
inafter otherwise prescribed, be the same as is provided by the Code of
Public General Laws of this State, for opening, altering and closing pub-
lic roads by the Board of County Commissioners, with the right of ap-
peal to the Circuit Court for the county.

(5) To keep the streets and crossings and town bridges clean and in
repair;

(6) To adequately provide for the maintenance of an efficient police
department and fire department;

(7) To light the streets, public squares and reservations;

(8) To compel the owners of property or tenants, to keep the sidewalks
in front of their property clean and in repair;