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Pass ordi-
nances for
good govern
ment of
town.
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proper and beneficial for said town, or to contract with any
person or persons or corporation for supplying said town,
and the inhabitants thereof, with water, gas or electricity,
and to cause the public streets and public buildings to be
lighted, supplied with water or other conveniences, as they
may deem necessary and proper; to establish and regulate
a fire department, and provide such means, engines, appa-
ratus, measures or material for the prevention or extinguish-
ment of fires as they deem necessary; to prevent, under such
restrictions as they may deem proper, the laying of railroad
tracks and the running of cars drawn by horses, steam,
electricity or other power thereon, the laying of gas or water
pipes in the public streets, and to construct and maintain
and to permit the construction and maintenance of the tele-
graph, telephone and electric lines therein; and they shall
impose such restrictions and conditions upon the location
and maintenance of gas, electric light and water works, pipes,
wires, poles and railroad tracks as shall secure the least
possible public or private inconvenience; and they shall
provide for the enforcement of such restrictions and con-
ditions; to contract for lighting and supplying with water
the streets and public buildings and for sprinkling the
streets, but no such contract shall be for a longer period
than two years, and the same shall be let only after thirty
days' notice, calling for bids for such purpose or purposes
has been given at least three times during that period in
some newspaper of general circulation in the town or posted
for three weeks in five conspicuous places in the town; and
the Council may, in their discretion, reject any or all bids,
and such contract or contracts shall be awarded by ordi-
nance; to license, for the purpose of regulation and revenue,
all and every kind of business not now prohibited by law
transacted or carried on in the town; to fix the rate of
license upon the same, and provide for the collection thereof
by suit or otherwise; to establish markets and regulate the
hours and minutes thereof, and the mode of dealing in
relation thereto; to control and protect the public grounds
and property of the town and protect public buildings,
churches and private buildings, trees, fences and song birds
from defacement or injury; to provide, by ordinance, for
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