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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
SEC. 128. The Mayor and Council shall have
power to pass all ordinances necessary for the
good government of the town; to prevent, re-
move 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
or lots adjacent thereto, and to provide for
imposing a fine or fines upon any person or
persons causing or creating any such nuisance
or obstruction; to remove, or cause to be re-
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moved, houses or other structures that may be
dangerous to persons passing along and over
any of the highways of the town; to make rea-
sonable regulations in regard to buildings to be
erected in said town, and to grant building per-
mits 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,
repairpd or improved; curbs to be set and
gutters laid, at the cost and expense of the
abutting property or the owner thereof; or com-
pel, by fine or otherwise, the owner or pro-
prietor of any lot or lots to pave or repave the
sidewalks or footways; to set curbs and lay
gutters in front thereof agreeably to the ordi-
nances 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 reg-
ulate 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 res-
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train 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 li-
censes or permits for all hawking, peddling
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