JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 73
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policeman in the discharge of his duty, shall be lia-
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ble to conviction and punishment in the same man-
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ner and to the same extent as if he had resisted a
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constable ; and any policeman so appointed, who
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shall be guilty of official misconduct, shall be pro-
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Official mis-
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ceeded against by presentment and indictment in '
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conduct.
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the Circuit Court for Washington county, and if
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found guilty, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
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in the discretion of the Court.
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SEC. 132. The Mayor and Council shall have power
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Power to pass
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to pass all ordinances not contrary to the constitution
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ordinances.
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and laws of this State or of the United States, as they
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may deem necessary to the good government of the
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town ; they shall have power to remove all nuisances
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Nuisances.
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or obstructions from the streets, lanes, alleys, or from
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any lots adjacent; to remove or cause to be re-
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moved, any houses or other structures that may in
their judgment become dangerous to persons going
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Remove
dangerous
structures.
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upon the highways of the town; to cause the streets,
alleys and sidewalks to be graded, paved, repaired
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Streets, &c.
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and improved by the property owners or otherwise ;
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to cause bridges or culverts to be made over the
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Bridges and
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waters or hollows; to pave and keep in repair the
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culverts.
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' water courses, drains or sewers of the town, and to
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keep the same well cleansed ; to establish markets,
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Markets.
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regulate the hours and limits thereof, and mode of
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dealing thereat, and grant licenses or permits and
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rent stalls for the sale of marketable commodities;
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to control the public grounds, as over other parts of
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the town, but not to interfere with the title thereof;
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to establish and regulate a station-house or lock-
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Station house
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up, for the temporary confinement of violators of
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the laws and ordinances of the town ; to prohibit or
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restrain the keeping of bawdy houses, or houses of
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Bawdy
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ill fame, within the limits of the town, and to pro-
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houses.
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vide for the punishment of all persons who shall
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keep, authorize or surfer to be kept any such bawdy
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house, or house of ill fame, and for the purpose of
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carrying out the foregoing powers, and for the pres-
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ervation of the cleanliness, the health, the peace and
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Cleanliness,
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good order of the community, and for the protection
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health, &c.
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of the lives and property of the citizens, they may
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pass all ordinances or by-laws from time to time ne-
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cessary ; and to ensure the observance of said ordi-
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nances, in addition to the action of debt, or such
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