FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVEBNOR.

suppressed, abated or discontinued, any and all nuisances within
the limits of said town, they may pass any and all ordinances
and by-laws from time to time necessary; and to enforce and
insure the observance of the said ordinances, in addition to an
action in debt, or such other civil remedies as may exist in
such cases by law for the recovery for fees, fines and penalties
thereto affixed, they may affix thereto reasonable tines; and in
default of payment of any fine so imposed, they may provide
for the imprisonment of the offender for a period not exceed-
ing thirty days, in the county jail, or until such fines are paid,
and instead of the foregoing penalties it shall be lawful, in the
case of vagrancy, to sentence such person to hard labor on the
public streets not exceeding ten days.

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SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all ordinances and by-
laws passed by the council shall be sent to the mayor for his
approval; he shall return the same to the next stated or
special meeting of the council, with his approval or disap-
proval; and any ordinance or by-law returned by the mayor
without his approval shall not become a law unless subse-
quently passed at a regular meeting by a four-fifths vote of the
whole council, and within sixty days from the time of the
return of the ordinance.

Ordinances
approved.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That all ordinances and by-laws
heretofore passed by the commissioners of Snow Hill, and now
in force and not in conflict with the provisions of this act,
shall be valid and remain in force until the same are repealed,
amended or modified by the mayor and council; and all con-
tracts entered into by said commissioners for the good of said
town are hereby ratified and confirmed, and declared to be
binding upon said town, and to be enforced by the mayor and
council.

Ordinances

continued
in force.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That power is hereby given to
the mayor and council, to be elected under the provisions of
this act, and to their successors in office, to restrict and pre-
vent any person or persons from building, erecting or con-
structing any dwelling, shop, factory, store or other building
within the limits designated by a certain ordinance number
twenty-four, passed by the town commissioners of Snow Hill,
on the fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-
three, unless the same be of brick, stone, iron or other non-
combustible material; and that ordinance number twenty-four
aforesaid, be and the same is hereby declared valid, and shall

May regulate
buildings.