1970 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 22.

of the council, with his approval or disapproval. Any ordinance
returned by the mayor, with his disapproval, shall not become a
law unless subsequently passed at the first regular meeting there-
after by a four-fifths vote of the council.

1884, cb. 58.

175. The mayor and council shall have power to compel all
turnpike companies whose roads or any part thereof lie within
the limits of the town, to perform all the duties and obligations
imposed upon them by their respective charters, or the laws of
this State, upon such parts thereof as are within the limits of the
town, and shall have power to enter into arrangements with the
said turnpike companies in relation to the grading, paving and
repairing of the parts of their respective roads lying within the
limits of the town.

Ibid.

176. The several turnpike companies owning roads running
into the town may cede to the town such parts of their roads as
lie within the limits of the town, upon such terms as may be
agreed upon between the mayor and council and said companies,
and the same when ceded shall in all respects be subject to the
same regulations as the public streets of the town.

Ibid.

177. The mayor and council shall have the right to condemn
the parts of all public highways lying within the limits of the
town for public use, and to open, widen, straighten or close up
the same, in whole or in part; provided, free access is allowed
to all public roads running to the limits of the town through the

highways of the town.

Ibid.

178. For the enforcement of the town ordinances the police
justices shall have all the power of ordering arrests and summon-
ing witnesses that is now vested in them by law, and they shall
be entitled to demand and receive the same fees as in other crim-
inal proceedings; but the mayor and council may determine and
fix an annual salary to be paid to said justices quarterly, and in
such case they shall impose no justices' fees in the trial of cases
before them. Each of said justices shall be furnished with copies
of the ordinances of the town, and each shall keep a separate