|
|
upon the Mayor and Council in the other sections of this
sub-title of this article, the Mayor and Council shall have
power and authority to make such by-laws and to pass such
ordinance not contrary to law and in conformity with this
charter as they may deem necessary for the good govern-
ment of said town, for the following purposes, to wit: (1)
To promote and preserve the health of the town and the
people thereof, and to protect and safeguard the town gen-
erally and every section thereof, and to protect and safe-
guard the property belonging to the town as a corporate
body as well as the property of the residents thereof, and
also to protect and safeguard persons who are non-residents,
and the property of such non-residents while they or their
property are within said town. (2) To forbid and prevent or
remove and abate all nuisances and to define and describe
what shall be a nuisance, and to declare any existing thing
within said town to be a nuisance which prejudices or is liable
to prejudice the health of the people thereof, or of any con-
siderable number of the same, and to prescribe and appoint
means for removing any nuisance, and to enforce the use of
such means, and to prescribe penalties for a refusal or failure
to remove any nuisance after the Mayor and Council have
ordered the removal thereof. (3) To open, build or construct
and to enclose or keep open, and to regulate and to keep in
repair all necessary and useful drains and sewers, and to
demand and obtain for the policeman, employes, workmen
and laborers in the service of the town the right to enter any
private property and premises for the purpose of improving
the condition of any such drain or sewers; for opening the
same when they become closed or obstructed; to rebuild or
repair them when they require re-building or repairing, and
also to provide penalties in the case of persons who resist
any employes, workmen or laborers in the service of the
town, and to forbid and prevent any parties or persons from
obstructing such drains or from placing upon or over any
drain or sewer coal, wood, or any heavy mass of any kind,
and from erecting buildings thereon, and to provide penalties
for violations thereof. (4) To regulate party walls and
|
General
powers
granted.
|
|
