WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2075

in the same manner as other appointments are made whose
duty shall be to enforce all building, electrical, use and occu-
pancy and zoning regulations as shall be adopted by said
Commission, and to collect all permit fees set as herein pro-
vided. They shall have power to adopt ordinances to require
licenses to conduct all kinds of businesses and to impose
reasonable license fees. They shall have power to adopt a
uniform system of street names and house numbers. They
shall have power to open, close, improve, widen, repair and
maintain the streets, roads, lanes, alleys, sidewalks and park-
ing of said town, and to provide and maintain adequate street
lights throughout said Town; provided, however, that im-
provements such as curbs, gutters and sidewalks shall be
made at the expense of the abutting property owners except as
hereinafter provided in this Act and under regulations pre-
scribed or to be prescribed by the District Heights Commission,
and may also provide therein that such regulations after adop-
tion cannot be amended without first conducting a public hear-
ing for that purpose. They shall have power to provide for drain-
age, sewerage, health, sanitation, clerical and other public
service, including fire protection, removal of ashes, garbage,
and other refuse, and the disposal thereof, to purchase, ac-
quire by gift or grant, and hold or dispose of real and per-
sonal property for the benefit of said town, including the
power to lease or rent the same, to incur expenses and debts
on behalf of said town, to provide for and pay the expenses
of governing said town, including the expense of pro-
viding a meeting place for said Commission and a place
for keeping the records, books, property and other things of
said town, the expense of registering voters, conducting elec-
tions, providing records, books, and other things necessary
for the proper government of said town, the expense of pay-
ing the salary of the Town Treasurer, the expense of hiring
police and other persons, including an attorney or attorneys
to perform work or service for said town, to enter into con-
tracts on behalf of said town for the foregoing or any other
lawful purpose in connection with the government of said
town and to fix the amount of compensation to be paid there-
under, and to expend the monies and funds of said town for
any of the foregoing or any other lawful purpose for the
benefit of said town, and to do all other acts, and things, sub-
ject only to limitation of this sub-title, for the good govern-
ment of the Town of District Heights, and for the benefit of
said town, provided, however, that neither the Town of Dis-
trict Heights nor the District Heights Commission shall
have power or authority, in any one year, to contract
debts or incur any financial liability on behalf of said
town for current operations in excess of the current annual