HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 483

521. The "Town of Kensington" is hereby declared to be
the legal successor of the "Mayor and Council of Kensington",
and shall be entitled to and is hereby vested with all the
property and rights of every nature whatsoever, belonging to
the Mayor and Council. All proceedings now pending in the
name of the Mayor and Council shall be continued in such
name and remain unaffected by the adoption of this charter.
The Mayor and Councilmen and all other officers of the Town
in office at the date of this Act shall hold their offices until
their successors are elected, or appointed and qualified as
herein provided; all ordinances, regulations and resolutions
now in force, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, shall remain in force until altered or replaced. No pro-
visions of this Act shall affect any right, lien or liability sub-
sisting at the date of its passage. The council is hereby
authorized to prepare a plat of said Town, upon which shall
be shown all streets, roads and public ways, whether hereto-
fore laid out or projected, and by which all lots and property
therein shall thereafter be described, to control the sub-division
of all land and property within the corporate limits of said
Town; to establish building lines, and to compel all persons
erecting buildings in said Town to conform thereto, to make
reasonable regulations in regard to the buildings to be erected,
altered or moved, to grant building permits for the same and
to compel all persons erecting, altering or moving buildings
in said Town to conform to such regulations. The council
shall have the power, and it shall be their duty to pass such
ordinances as may be necessary, beneficial and proper, and
for the enforcement of the provisions of this charter not in-
consistent with the law:

(1) To preserve the peace, good order and the best inter-
ests of the Town;

(2) To maintain its cleanliness and health, and to this
end:

(a) That they shall have the same powers as the State
Board of Health of this State, within the corporate limits of
said Town, and one-fourth of a mile outside thereof, in every
direction;

(b) They may adopt and provide an efficient system of
drainage;

(c) They shall have full power to regulate privies, specify
the character of boxes and other fixtures for them, and the
mode in which they shall be emptied and their contents re-
moved, as well as the disposition of said contents, and they
shall prohibit the construction or maintainance of privy-sinks,
cesspools and other depositories of filth within the corporate
limits