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1922, ch. 213, sec. 23.

329. The said Commissioners shall have the power to fix by ordinance
the disposition of all fines and penalties imposed in violation of any of
the ordinances of said town.

1922, ch. 213, sec. 24.

330. The said Commissioners shall have the power to establish regula-
tions for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, to appoint firemen
and appoint, organize and equip fire companies, and to fix the penalties
for the violation of any fire regulation, and to fix the compensation of
firemen.

1922, ch. 213, sec. 25.

331. The said Commissioners shall have the power to pass ordinances
to preserve the health of the said town, to prevent and remove nuisances,
to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases within the said town,
and within two miles of the same, and may regulate the places for the
manufacturing soap and candles, the erection of slaughter houses, tan-
neries, canning factories and distilleries, and whenever other offensive
trade is carried on. That whenever 'any nuisance dangerous to the health
shall exist in any street or alley or the said town, and it shall be found
necessary in order to remove the same to have such street or alley paved
or otherwise improved, they may order the same paved or improved, and
the amount expended in paving or improving the same, and the expense
of collecting the same from the owner of the property fronting thereon
in proportion to the amount expended in front of the said property by
suit against the owner, and the amount expended in such pavement or im-
provement, and the collection thereof, shall become a lien upon the prop-
erty chargeable therewith.

1922, ch. 213, sec. 26.

332. The said Commissioners may erect or establish a jail, house of
correction, hospitals or pest houses outside of said town, and pass ordi-
nances regulating and governing the same, and may acquire property
necessary for said purposes.

1922, ch. 213, sec. 27.

333. The said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to
establish in said town of Highland Beach such free school or schools as
may be found necessary, and may pass such ordinances as may be re-
quired for the proper conduct thereof; provided, that for any school or
schools so established, the State or county shall be at no expense for erec-
tion or maintenance of same.

1922, ch. 213, sec. 28.

334. The said Commissioners shall have full power to construct and
keep in repair all necessary drains and sewers, and to pass such regula-
tions as may be necessary for the preservation of the same, and may