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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

abate all nuisances and obstructions in or upon
streets, highways, lanes or alleys, drains or
water-courses in or upon any lot or lots within
the said corporation, and to provide for imposing
a fine or fines upon any person or persons caus-

Contract for
lamps.

ing or creating any such nuisances or obstruc-
tion. The burgess and commissioners shall have
power to enter into contract with any person,
corporation or association to purchase and erect
lamps, and to make such changes or alterations
as they may deem proper ; employ lamplighters
and other necessary labor and equipments ; to
remove, or cause to be removed, houses or other
structures that may be dangerous to persons

Regulate
building, etc.

passing along and over any of the highways of
said town ; to make reasonable regulations in
regard to buildings and porches to be erected in
said town, and to grant building permits for the
same ; to make and establish grades upon the
streets and highways of said town ; to cause the
sidewalks along the public streets and highways
of said town to be graded, paved, repaved or im-
proved, and curbs to be set and gutters to be
laid at the cost and expense of the abutting
property, or compel, by fine or otherwise, the
owner or proprietor of any lot or lots to pave or
repave the sidewalks or footways, to set curbs
and lay gutters in front thereof, agreeably to the
ordinance now in force, or which may be here-
after passed ; to cause the water-courses, drains
or sewers of the town to be paved, kept in repair
and cleaned ; to establish and regulate a station-
house, or lock-up, for temporary confinement of
violators of the law and ordinances of the town ;
to suppress vagrancy; to prohibit or restrain the
keeping of bawdy houses, or houses of ill-fame
within the limits of the town, and to provide for
the punishment of all persons who shall keep,

Demand
license.

authorize or suffer to be kept any such bawdy
house or houses of ill-fame; to demand a license
from all players and showmen exhibiting within
the corporation, and from all venders selling on
the streets of said town. They shall also have
power to provide for laying out, opening, ex-
tending, widening, straightening, or closing up,
in whole or in part, any street, highway, square,
lane, alley, drain, or any water-course within