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them seem proper, but no such franchises shall be deemed to be passed to
the grantee thereof until the same shall have been submitted to the regis-
tered voters of the town at a general or special election duly held under the
provisions of this Act, and until the same shall have been approved by a
majority of those voting at such general or special election.

1918, ch. 29.

769. The Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier, Maryland,
shall have power, in addition to the power heretofore given or now pos-
sessed, to prevent and remove all nuisances and obstructions from the
streets, alleys, lanes, and from lots adjoining the same; to restrain and
punish all disorders, disturbances and drunkenness therein; to suppress,
bawdy houses or other places of public ill-fame or injurious to the public
order; to prevent the firing of guns, cannon, pistols, rifles, slingshots, fire-
crackers or other firearms or explosives therein; to suppress fires and to
prevent the danger thereof by all reasonable regulations and precautions;
to establish and to maintain a fire department; to regulate the erection and
repair of all buildings and grant permits therefor, specifying the material
of which the same may be built and the purpose for which same may be
used; to restrict the building of wooden buildings in certain sections of the
Town, when in the judgment of the Mayor and Common Council such reg-
ulations shall become prudent and necessary; to prevent and to regulate the-
keeping and storing of gunpowder, oil or other explosives or combustible
material, in such places and under such conditions as may appear proper;
to regulate the speed of all vehicles and street cars in said Town; to provide
for the proper restraining of all improper public exhibitions or amusements
and to regulate the proper erection of buildings therefor and the mainte-
nance of safe exits therefrom; to regulate and provide for the proper condi-
tion of sidewalks; to prevent the throwing or allowing the accumulation of
foreign material or of any offensive or dirty material on the public streets
or near thereto; to regulate the keeping of dogs in the Town, to provide a
tax or license therefor; to provide for the effective collection thereof; and to
provide proper penalties for any person keeping a dog or bitch, or allowing
one to remain on his premises who does not comply with such regulations.;
providing for the killing of all dogs, the owners or ones in possession of
which, do not comply with such regulations and for killing or impounding
of all dogs found running at large, in violation of such regulations; and
for the proper execution of all of the aforesaid regulations, the Mayor and
Common Council may provide such penalties as now allowed to them by
the Town Charter.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1916, ch. 200, sec. 16.

770. The Justices of the Peace for Prince George's County, resident
in the town of Mount Rainier, are hereby declared to be conservators of
the peace of said town, and it shall be their duty to order the arrest of
any person found by them violating any ordinance or regulation made by