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Mayor, the Council or the Mayor and Council, and his return
thereto shall have the same force and effect as is herein-
before given to the return of the policeman to any
such notice. He shall have the same power for making
arrests and for serving the warrants or writs for criminal
offenses, issued by justice of the peace, for any offense
against the ordinance of the town or the laws of the State,
if the said offense is committed within the corporate
limits of said town, as are hereinbefore conferred upon
the policeman of Pocomoke City. Special policemen may be
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appointed from time to time, by the Mayor, with the consent
and approval of the Council, for a term not to exceed one
week, when it is deemed necessary for the good order and
peace of the town, all of whom shall be vested with the police
powers of a constable, and resisting them in the discharge
of their duties shall be punished in like manner and to the
same extent as resisting a constable; and the Mayor and
Council shall prescribe the duties and fix their compensation,
either by ordinance or by note entered in their minute book.
Section 215 B. The Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City
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Special
policemen
appointed.
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shall have full power and authority for laying out, opening,
widening, extending, straightening out and closing up, in
whole or in part, and for the grading, re-grading, for shelling
and re-shelling, for paving and re-paving, curbing and re-curb-
ing, and for repairing and keeping in good and proper con-
dition and order for travel, traffic and other uses the streets,
lanes, alleys and thoroughfares within the corporate limits
of said town, whenever in their judgment the public welfare
and convenience require any such action on their part.
For laying out, opening, widening, extending, straightening
out and permanently closing up the streets, lanes, alleys or
thoroughfares of the town or any of them, provision must
be made by ordinance. The Mayor and Council shall have
full power and authority, by order noted on the minute
book, for temporarily closing up or obstructing wholly
or in part any of the streets, lanes, alleys and thoroughfares
of the town whenever, in their opinion, circumstances call
for or justify such action; and if the occasion for closing up
or obstructing any street, lane, alley or thoroughfare is
urgent, the Mayor may in writing authorize the policeman
to close ap or obstruct the same, or to allow the same to be
closed up or obstructed until the decision of the Mayor and
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Authority for
laying out,
opening,
widening,
etc., of
streets,
alleys, etc.
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