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Justices of the Peace. The Mayor will be vested with power to try and
determine all cases in which the town of North Brentwood is a party, in
the absence of the Police Justice of said town.

1924, ch. 50S, sec. 11.

815. The Mayor and Town Council is hereby authorized to make or
cause to be made a plat of said town upon which shall be shown all streets,
roads, and public ways, whether theretofore or hereafter laid out or
projected, and by which all lots and property therein shall thereafter be
described; 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, pow-
ers and duties in relation thereto shall, except as hereinafter otherwise pre-
scribed, 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. 508, sec. 12.

816. 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 improvement of
same, for the establishment of width and care of sidewalks and the con-
struction of the same; they may by ordinance cause such license to be
issued as the State laws may permit, upon such terms and conditions 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 commitment of the
offender for a period of not more than thirty days, to such place of con-
finement as they may provide.

1924, ch. 508, sec. 13.

817. 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
measures for the removal of garbage, sewerage, etc., and fix the amount to
be paid therefor.

1924, ch. 508, sec. 14.

818. 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