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scribed; to control the subdivision of all lands and property within the
corporate limits of said town; to establish building lines, and to require
all persons erecting buildings in said town to conform thereto; to establish
grades of the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town and to fix the
width thereof; to open and keep open and free from obstruction, all streets
and public reservations, to grade, close or alter the same; and their rights,
powers and duties in relation thereto shall, except as hereinafter other-
wise prescribed, be the same as is provided by the Code of Public General
Laws of this State for opening, altering and closing public roads by the
Board of County Commissioners, with the right to appeal to the Circuit
Court for the county.

1924, ch. 154, sec. 12.

410. The Mayor and Town Council shall have full power to pass such
ordinances as they may deem necessary for the good government, health,
and improvement of the town, and for the preservation of peace and
good order therein. They may provide by ordinance for the opening
and closing of streets, alleys, the straightening, widening and improve-
ment of same, for the establishment of width and care of sidewalks and
the construction of the same; they may by ordinance cause such license
to be issued as the State laws may permit, upon such terms and condi-
tions as to them may seem proper; they shall have full power to impose
such fines, penalties and punishment for the breach of their ordinances
as they may think proper. They may recover such fines or penalties by
an action of debt, and in addition thereto may provide for the commit-
ment of the offender for a period of not more than thirty days, to such
place of confinement as they may provide.

1924, ch. 154, sec. 13.

411. The Council shall have the same power as the State Board of
Health, within the corporate limits of the said town. They may adopt and
provide an efficient system of drainage. They may adopt suitable meas-
ures for the removal of garbage, sewerage, etc., and fix the amount to be
paid therefor.

1924, ch. 154, sec. 14

412. Those parts of the several county roads within the limits of said
town, and all roads, streets, avenues, or alleys, which now are or shall here-
after be shown, on any plat or addition to the platted part of said town,
as public highways, and accepted by the Mayor and Town Council as such,
are hereby made and declared to be public streets, avenues and alleys of
said town, and shall be from time to time improved and repaired as the
public interest may require and the resources of the town justify.

1924, oh. 154, sec. 15.

413. The County Commissioners of Prince George's County and the
Board of Road Commissioners of said county shall pay to the Mayor and
Town Council of Edmonston, or the Treasurer thereof, three-fourths of