MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3439

its water front and wharf property; every such grant shall specifically set
forth and define the nature, extent and duration of the franchise or right;
shall make provision by the way of forfeiture or otherwise of the grant
for the purpose of compelling compliance with the terms of the grant,
and to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates and main-
tenance of the property in good condition throughout the full term of the
grant; and for the purpose of carrying out all the aforegoing powers they
may pass all ordinances from time to time as they deem necessary, and
all ordinances and resolutions now in force shall remain in force until
repealed or altered by competent authority; no provisions of this ' Act
shall affect any right, lien or liability existing at the date of its passage.

(28) The council shall have the power to borrow money from time to
time, as may be necessary, and in so doing shall issue certificate of in-
debtedness, but said certificate shall be made payable before the expira-
tion of one year, and the amount shall not exceed five hundred dollars,

(29) The council shall have the power to impose a reasonable annual
license or tax for police regulation and supervision upon all telephone,
telegraph, electric light and electric power poles erected upon the streets
of the town, and all cable subways or conduits placed in said Streets; and
no individual or corporation shall use any street, public lane or public
alley of said town for any telegraph, telephone, electric light or electric
power poles or lines, or for any subway or conduit without the consent
of the council of Glen Echo first had and obtained by ordinance for that
purpose passed and approved; and any such pole or line, subway or con-
duit placed upon, in or under any of the streets, lanes or public alleys of
said town without such consent of the Mayor and council of Glen Echo
shall be deemed a nuisance. (30) The council shall have the power to au-
thorize the removal or confinement of such persons having infectious or
pestilential diseases, or insane paupers. (31) The council shall have the
power to pass siich ordinances as may be necessary for the protection,
maintenance and preservation of the water supply of the town. (32) The
council shall have the power to provide for the punishment of any person
or persons keeping a vicious or annoying dog and to provide for the killing
of any such dog or clogs. (33) The council shall have the power to pro-
vide for the lights of the town at the public expense. (34) The council
shall have the power to establish building and plumbing regulations in the
Town of Glen Echo and failures to conform to the regulation established
shall be punished as prescribed in Paragraph 11 of said Section 466.
(35) The council shall have the power to require the issuance of permits
before any new building shall be erected in the Town of Glen Echo or any
structural change is made in any existing building and if the prospective
building or change of building shall in anywise conflict with the building
regulations then in force in the town, it may refuse to grant such permits.
It shall prescribe fees for the issuance of such permits. That buildings
erected, altered, or raised, or converted in violation of any of the provisions
of this Act or the orders and regulations made under the authority thereof
are hereby declared to be common nuisances; and the owner or person in