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CHAP. 560
General
powers
granted.
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mode in which they shall be emptied and their contents
removed, as well as the disposition of said contents; and
they shall prohibit the construction or maintenance of privy
sinks, cesspools and other depositories of filth within the
corporate limits; (d) they shall provide for the inspection and
cleanliness of privies, yards and stores; (e) they shall
regulate the location, inspection and cleanliness of dairies,
stables, cow yards and pens, all factories and other places of
business likely to be or become detrimental to health, and
shall maintain a good sanitary condition in the streets,
public places and buildings; (f) they shall provide for the
frequent inspection of all premises by such person or per-
sons designated by the health officer; (g) they shall pass
such ordinances as may be deemed necessary to preserve the
health of the town, suppress and remove all nuisances, pre-
vent the sale of adulterated or decayed food and prohibit
any and all business within the corporate limits as may
injuriously affect sanitary conditions; (h) they shall estab-
lish the grades of the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said
town, fix the width thereof and describe the material of
which they shall be constructed; cause the sidewalks along
the public streets to be graded, paved, re-paved or improved
at the cost and expense of the owners of the abutting prop-
erty, which cost, in case the work is done by order of the
Council after twenty-one days' notice to the owner or owners
of such property, shall be a lien on such abutting property
and recoverable by action of law or in the manner provided
by law for the collection of delinquent general taxes of the
town; or compel by fines or otherwise the owners of prop-
erties of any such lot or lots to grade, pave or repair the
sidewalks or set curbs in front thereof agreeable to ordi-
nance which may hereafter be passed. (4) To open and
keep open and free from obstruction all streets, public
squares and reservations, grade and pave or alter the same,
and their rights and powers and duties in relation thereto
shall, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed by the Code
of Public General Laws of this State for opening, altering
and closing public roads by the board of County Commission-
ers, with the right of appeal to the Circuit Court for Mont-
gomery County. (5) To keep the streets and crossings and
town bridges clean and in repair. (6) Adequately provide
for the maintenance of an efficient police department and
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