3436 ARTICLE 16.

1906, ch. 826, sec. 11. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 289.

464. The clerk and treasurer shall give bond to the council in such
penalties and with such sureties as the council may require, conditioned
for the faithful performance of the duties of the office.

1906, ch. 826, sec. 12. 1912, oh. 790, sec. 290.

465. The council shall receive all returns of election and determine
all questions arising thereunder, but any person considering himself ag-
grieved by such decision may appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court of
Montgomery County within ten days after said election, which court
shall hear and determine such appeal and decide who shall pay the cost
thereof.

1906, ch. 826, sec. 13. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 291. 1922, ch. 344, sec. 291.

466. The council is hereby authorized to prepare as plat of said town,
upon which shall be shown all streets, roads and public ways, whether
heretofore laid out or projected, and by which all lots and property therein
shall afterwards be described to control the sub-division of all land and
property within the corporate limits of said town; to establish building
lines, and compel all persons erecting buildings in said town to conform
thereto. The council shall have the power, and it shall be their duty to
pass such ordinances as may be necessary, proper and beneficial for the
enforcement of the provisions of this charter not inconsistent with the
laws of the State of Maryland. (1) To preserve the peace, good order and
best interest of the town. (2) To maintain its cleanliness and health,
and to this end: (a) They shall have the same powers of the State Board
of Health within the corporate limits of said town and one-fourth of a
mile outside thereof in every direction, (b) The council may adopt and
provide for an efficient system of drainage, (c) They shall have full
power to regulate privies, specify the character 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 pro-
hibit the construction or maintenance of privy sinks, cesspools and other
depositories of filth within the corporate limits, (d) They shall provide
for the inspection and cleanliness of privies, yards and stores, (e) They
shall regulate the location, inspection and cleanliness of dairies, stables,
cowyards and pens, all factories and other places of business likely to be-
or become detrimental to health, and shall maintain a good sanitary con-
dition in the streets, public places and buildings, (f) They shall provide
for the frequent inspection of all premises by such person or persons
designated by the health officer, (g) They shall pass such ordinances as
may be deemed necessary to preserve the health of the town, suppress and
remove all nuisances, prevent the sale of adulterated or decayed food and
prohibit any and all business within the corporate limits as may injuri-
ously affect sanitary conditions, (h) (3) They shall 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, cause the