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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 removed, as well as the disposi-
tion of said contents, and they shall have the power to pro-
hibit the construction or maintenance of privy sinks, cess-
pools and other depositories of filth within the corporate
limits; (d) they shall provide for the inspection and cleanli-
ness of yards and stores; (e) they shall regulate the location,
inspection and cleanliness of dairies, stables, cowyards and
pens, all factories and other places of business likely
to be or become detrimental to health; they shall have the
power to prohibit hogpens and slaughterhouses within the
town limits, and shall maintain a good sanitary condition
in the streets, public places and buildings; (f) they shall
provide for the inspection of all premises by such person or
persons as may be 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, prevent the sale of adulterated or decayed food,
and control or prohibit any and all such business within the
corporate limits as may injuriously affect sanitary conditions.
(3) To establish the grades of the streets, gutters and side-
walks of said town, fix the width thereof and prescribe the
material of which they shall be constructed; to cause the
sidewalks along the public streets to be graded, paved,
re-paved, repaired and set with curbs at the cost and expense
of the town and of the owners of the abutting property in
equal portions, said work to be done by and under the
direction of the town authorites, as may be provided for by
the Council, and the money due from . the abutting property
owners shall be a lien on said abutting property and collected
as other taxes are collected; provided, that before any special
tax for such purpose shall be levied, notice shall be served
upon said abutting property owners of the purpose and
amount of said tax, either by personal service by the
marshal or by the mailing of a copy thereof by the clerk to
the last known residence of the owner or owners of said
abutting property, which notice shall provide a time and
place when and at which said owner or owners shall have
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