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	CHAP. 227	same, and may regulate the places for the erection of slaughter-houses, canning factories, ' and whatever other offensive trade is carried on. SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
	Construct drains and sewers.	shall have full power to construct and keep in repair all necessary drains and sewers, and to pass such regulations as may be necessary for the preservation of the same, and may authorize any person appointed by them to enter upon the lots, grounds and possession of any person or body politic, through which said sewers or drains may pass, and regulate, make or repair the same; and may pass such ordi- nances as they may deem proper for the protection of the same, and fix penalties for the violation thereof, to be col- lected as provided for in Section 11 of this Act. The cost of constructing, opening, enlarging or straightening any sewer in any street or alley, or through any, private prop- erty, shall be chargeable to the property adjacent thereto, and the said amounts as charged to the adjacent owners shall be collected in the same manner as taxes. SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That all the streets, alleys,
	Streets, alleys, etc., to be laid out and kept in repair.	lanes and public grounds in said town of Betterton shall be subject, however, at all times for municipal and police pur- poses, to the control of the Commissioners of Betterton, who may establish, maintain, alter and repair said streets, alleys, lanes and public grounds, and make such improve- ments thereof and thereon, as may from time to time seem to be necessary, as herein provided; and the County Com- missioners of Kent county are hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Town Commissioners of Betterton the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars on or before the first day of January of each year, for the purpose of keeping in repair the public ways of said town of Betterton. SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1906.

CHAPTER 228.

AN ACT to add a. new Section to Article 83 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, 1888, to come in after
Section 17 and to be known as Section 17 A, making the