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Power to pass
certain
ordinances
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tracts shall be awarded by ordinance ; to license for the pur-
pose of regulation and revenue all and every kind of business
transacted or carried on in the town ; to fix for 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 limits thereof, and the mode of dealing in relation
thereto ; to control and protect the public grounds and prop-
erty 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 condemning, laying
out, opening, extending and making new streets or alleys, and
for altering, straightening, widening, grading, improving or
closing up in whole or in part any existing street or alley, and
for laying out public squares, parks, drains, sewers or water
courses ; to establish and regulate a station house or lock-up
for the temporary confinement of violators of the law and
ordinances of the town ; to levy, to tax and impose a license
upon dogs, and to prohibit animals or fowls running at large ;
to regulate and control all offensive trades, manufactures and
traffic in offensive fertilizers or other commodities, and pro-
hibit hog-pens and slaughter-houses within the town limits ;
to control by ordinances the mode of constructing privies and
sinks, and the manner of disposing of offal and waste pro-
ducts, and in general to pass such ordinances as they may deem
proper, necessary and beneficial to the town ; and for the pur-
pose of carrying out the foregoing powers, and for preserva-
tion of the cleanliness, health, peace and good order of the
community, and for the protection of the lives and property of
the citizens, and to suppress, abate or discontinue, or caused
to be suppressed, abated or discontinued, all nuisances
within the corporate limits of said town, they may pass
all ordinances or by-laws from time to time necessary, and
to insure the observance of such ordinances in addition to the
action of debt or such other civil remedies as may exist in such
cases by law for the recovery of the penalties thereunto affixed;
they may affix thereto such reasonable fines, not exceeding
fifty dollars in any case, as to them may appear right, and in
default of the payment of any fine imposed they may provide
for the imprisonment of the offenders for a period not exceed-
ing thirty days or until the fine is paid ; provided that no ordi-
nance shall be adopted, except by yea and nay vote, and the
names of the members of the Council voting for and against
the same shall be entered in the minutes ; the Mayor and
Council shall have power in their discretion to appropriate
money to aid in promoting the efficiency of the public schools
located within the limits of the town.
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