LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

ing after their election they shall elect one of their number
president, who shall preside at the meeting of the Council.

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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and City Council
shall pass ordinances to preserve the health of the city and to
abate nuisances to the inhabitants thereof ; and for that pur-
pose their jurisdiction and control shall extend beyond the
western limits of the town to the middle of Synepuxent bay ;
to prevent, restrain and regulate the running at large of horses,
cattle, swine and geese within the limits of said city ; to pro-
hibit the firing of guns or pistols, and to regulate the shooting
of tire-crackers and fireworks of every description within said
city ; to prohibit and disperse tumultuous and disorderly meet-
ings of idle, dissolute and drunken persons; to provide for
working and mending public streets ; to open, close, alter
and widen the streets, lanes and alleys of said city ; to
provide for the payment of the salaries of the police ;
to provide for the erection of board walks upon the
sidewalks of said city ; to establish building lines and to
control and regulate the erection of all buildings ; to purchase
and use fire engines and other equipment for extinguishing
tires ; to provide for the regulation, good government and im-
provement of the city ; they shall have control and superin-
tendence over the public property of the city, and the fran-
chisements and the easements of the public streets of said city
shall be vested completely in them, with power to grant the
same whenever to them the interest of the public shall de-
mand ; they may enforce the observance of any ordinances
passed by them, under such penalties and forfeitures as they
may deem proper, not exceeding ten dollars for any one
offense ; and all such penalties, fines and forfeitures may be
recovered before a justice of the peace by a warrant and judg-
ment; in case of failure or refusal to pay the same, the party
so fined shall be committed for a period not exceeding ten
days, to the public jail of said county, in the same manner
that commitments are made for fines imposed by the Circuit
Court of this State and convictions for misdemeanors ; but the
Mayor shall have power to remit at any time the said fines,
penalties or forfeitures and costs, or any part thereof, at his
discretion ; provided, however, that any party feeling himself
aggrieved by such tines, penalties or forfeitures, shall have his
appeal to the Circuit Court, as appeals are now regulated by
law, and the fines and forfeitures imposed and collected by any
one of the provisions of this Act, or the ordinance thereunder
passed or passed under any section of this charter, shall be paid
to the treasurer of said city, for the use of the said city.

Pass certain
ordinances.