ART. 22.] HAGERSTOWN. 1967

alty as they may deem right, for the faithful and proper perform-
ance of the duties imposed upon them by law and the ordinances
of the town.

1886, ch. 409.

171. The mayor and council shall have power to pass all ordi-
nances necessary for the good government of the town; to pre-
vent, remove and abate all nuisances or obstructions in or upon
the streets, highways, lanes or alleys, drains or water-courses, or
in or upon any lot adjacent thereto, and to provide for imposing
a fine on any person causing or creating any such nuisance or
obstruction; to remove, or cause to be removed, houses or other
structures that may be dangerous to persons passing along and
over any of the highways of the town; to make reasonable regu-
lations in regard to buildings to be erected in said town, and to
grant building permits for the same; to make and establish
grades upon the streets and highways of the town; to cause
sidewalks along the public streets and highways of said town to
be graded, paved, repaired or improved; curbs to be set and
gutters laid, at the cost and expense of the abutting property or
the owner thereof; or compel by fine or otherwise, the owner or
proprietor of any lot, to pave or repave the sidewalks or footways;
to set curbs and lay gutters in front thereof, agreeably to the
ordinances now in force, or which may be hereafter passed; to
cause the water-courses, drains or sewers of the town to be
paved, kept in repair and cleansed; to establish markets, and to
regulate the hours and limits thereof, and mode of dealing in
relation thereto; to grant licenses on marketable commodities;
to control and protect the public grounds and property of the
town; to establish and regulate a station house or lockup for
temporary confinement of violators of the laws and ordinances of
the town; to suppress vagrancy; to prohibit or restrain the
keeping of bawdy houses or houses of ill-fame within the limits
of the town; and to provide for the punishment of all persons
who shall keep, authorize or suffer to be kept, any such bawdy
house or house of ill-fame; to regulate and to provide for the
issuing of licenses or permits for all hawking, peddling and
vending of wares and merchandise of every description upon the
streets or highways of the town, and to issue licenses or permits
to all itinerant peddlers who may go from house to house to vend