WICOMICO COUNTY. 4997

and regulate the erection of all buildings, specifying in all cases the mate-
rial of which they shall be built, and for what purpose used, and to have
power to remove, or order the removal, of any building that may be a
nuisance, or that may have been erected contrary to any ordinance here-
tofore passed or hereafter to be passed, or that may endanger any build-
ing contiguous thereto in case of fire, and to enact ordinances and impose
fines for the enforcement of these provisions; to establish grades upon the
streets, alleys, gutters and sidewalks of said town, the width thereof, and
prescribe the material of which they shall be built; to cause the sidewalks
along said public streets to be graded, paved, repaved or improved, and
curbs to be set at the cost and expense of the owner of the abutting prop-
erty, which cost shall be a lien upon the abutting property, and recoverable
by action at law, or compel by fines or otherwise the owner or proprietors
of any such lot to grade, pave or repave the sidewalks, set curbs in front
thereof, agreeable to ordinances that may hereafter be passed; to regulate
the erection and maintenance of proper safety appliances by railroads at
street crossings; to establish a market-house, by lease or otherwise, and
regulate the days, hours and limits thereof and mode of dealing therein;
to grant licenses or permits for the sale of marketable commodities, such
as fresh meats, fruits, vegetables, poultry, etc.; to control and protect the
public grounds, cemeteries, and property of town; to provide for and
regulate the issuing of licenses or permits for all hawking, peddling and
the vending of any goods, wares and merchandise of every description
upon the streets or highways of said town or to itinerant peddlers that go
from house to house to sell their goods, wares or merchandise, or to itin-
erant persons who dispense patent medicines or medical advice; to regu-
late and license all nine or ten pin alleys, bowling alleys, skating rinks,
pool and billiard tables, theatres and moving picture shows within said
town, or to prohibit and restrain them, and to prohibit and restrain gam-
bling and games of chance of all kinds; to regulate and provide for license
and tax on all carts, wagons, carriages, hacks and vehicles of all kinds
that ply for hire within the limits of said town; to regulate and provide
for a tax on dogs; to provide for and prevent the running at large of all
horses, cattle, hogs, geese, chickens and other fowl upon the streets or
within the limits of said town; to provide for ordinance for condemning,
laying out, opening, extending and making new streets or alleys, and for
altering, straightening, widening, grading, improving or closing up in
whole or in part any existing street or alley, and for removing trees, posts
and other obstructions, and for laying out public squares, drains, water-
courses, and all benefits or damages done, suffered or incurred by the
laying out, opening and making of new streets or alleys, or by altering,
straightening, widening, grading, improving or closing up, in whole or
in part, any existing street or alley, or laying out public squares, drains
or watercourses, shall be determined and assessed by three disinterested
persons, residents of said town, appointed by the Board of Commissioners,
who shall within ten days after the notification of their appointment take
an oath before a Justice of the Peace of Wicomico County, that they will