MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3461

whatsoever, belonging to the Mayor and council. All proceedings now pend-
ing in the name of the Mayor and council shall be continued in such name
and remain unaffected by the adoption of this charter. The Mayor and
councilmen and all other officers of the town in office at the date of this
act shall hold their offices until their successors are elected, or appointed
and qualified as herein provided; all ordinances, regulations and resolu-
tions now in force, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act,
shall remain in force until altered or repealed. No provisions of this act
shall effect any right, lien or liability subsisting at the date of its passage.
The council is hereby authorized to prepare a plat of said town, upon
which shall be shown all streets, roads and public ways, whether hereto-
fore laid out or projected, and by which all lots and property therein shall
thereafter be described, to control the subdivision of all land and property
within the corporate limits of said town; to establish building lines, and!
to 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, beneficial and proper, and for the enforce-
ment of the provision of this charter not inconsistent with the law:

(1) To preserve the peace, good order and the best interests of the
town;

(2) To maintain its cleanliness and health, and to this end:

(a) That they shall have the same powers as the State Board of Health
of this State, within the corporate limits of said town, and one-fourth of
a mile outside thereof, in every direction;

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

(c) They shall have full power to regulate privies, specify the charac-
ter 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 corporate limits;

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

(e) They shall regulate the location, inspection and cleaning of dairies,
stables, cow-yards and pens, all factories and other places of business 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.

1902, ch. 220, sec. 14, sub-sec. 3. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 355.

522. 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.