74 ARTICLE 1.

ORDINANCES.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 1, sec. 144. 1878, ch. 255. 1922, ch. 31, sec. 144.

204. The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg may pass such ordi-
nances, not contrary to law, as they may deem beneficial and necessary
for the good government of the city; they shall have power to remove
nuisances and obstructions from the streets, lanes and alleys, drains and
water courses within said city, and from any adjoining lots, and also any
houses, or other buildings that may become dangerous to the neighborhood
on any account, and to provide for imposing a fine upon any person or
persons causing or creating any such nuisances or obstructions, and to
enforce such rules, penalties and regulations as they may think necessary
to preserve the public health and secure the inhabitants from contagious,
infectious, or other diseases, to suppress drunkenness, vice, gambling and
immorality, and punish all violations of the public peace from whatever
cause, and, generally, they shall have power to ordain and enforce all ordi-
nances, rules and regulations necessary for the peace, good order, health
and safety of the town, and of the people and property therein, and may
impose such reasonable fines, forfeitures, or imprisonments as to them may
appear necessary for the violation of any of the ordinances of said town.
They shall have power to establish and regulate a Station House or Lockup
for confinement of violators of the law and ordinances of said city, and to
provide for the organization, equipment and government of a Fire De-
partment.

They shall have power to regulate the construction, adding to or repair-
ing of buildings or other structures, specifying the materials of which the
same shall be built, and to grant permits for the construction, adding to
and repairing of said buildings and structures, and to require a reason-
able fee for issuing such permits.

They shall also have power to license, regulate or prohibit the con-
struction, maintenance or operation of gasoline tanks and stations upon
or under the public streets or sidewalks, specifying the way and manner
in which said tanks and stations shall be installed, and they may require
the owner of the property upon whose sidewalk or. street said tank or
station is now or hereafter constructed, to pay an annual license fee for
the use of said sidewalk or street for said purpose, and they may require
as a condition precedent to said license that said property owner will in-
demnify, protect and save harmless said city from any damages incurred
to person or property by reason of the negligent construction or operation
of said tank or its equipment, with power to said city to revoke said license
upon reasonable notice when, in its discretion, it is necessary or expedient
so to do; with the further power to said city to revoke any and all per-
mits for gasoline tanks or stations upon or under streets or the sidewalks
of the city as heretofore granted, and to issue new permits therefor in
accordance with these provisions if in the opinion of the said Mayor and
Councilmen it is expedient or wise to grant the same.