516 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

suppress and abate all nuisances; to prevent swine,
ducks and geese from going at large; to prevent any
immoderate driving or riding through the streets in
any carriage, stage, cart, wagon or other vehicle, or
on horseback, so as to endanger the lives or limbs or
property of the citizens of said village, or disturb the
quiet enjoyment of the streets and thoroughfares;
and to prevent the parading and indecent exhibi-
tion of any stud horse through the streets, and may
impose fines not exceeding ten dollars for any offence,
on any person violating said ordinances.

In force from June 12, 1861.

1887, c. 65 adds the following new section to come in after section 161 of this article:

1867, c 65.
To change
course of Mid-
dletown run.

165. The said president and commissioners shall
have power to change the course of the stream
known as Middletown run and straighten the same
so that it shall cross the western edge of Main street
in said village, between the stable on the lot now
occupied by William Parker and the house upon the
lot of C. W. Knight, and thence by a straight line to
the Susquehanna river, and in case they shall fail to
agree with the persons through whose property the
said stream, when its course shall be changed, shall '
run, or if such owner shall be incompetent to con-
tract, then the land necessary for said stream may be

May condemn
land.

condemned as provided in section one hundred and
fifty-eight of this article, and shall have full power to

Culverts.

make culverts under the streets to convey the water
into the river in any part of the village, and levy a

Tax.

tax on the assessable property and collect the same
as other taxes are collected, or pay the expense there-
of from the annual tax levy.

In force from February 21, 1867.

RISING SUN.