ART. 23.] WICOMICO COUNTY. 1115

tants thereof; to prevent and remove all nuisances and ob-
structions from the streets, lanes and alleys and from lots
adjoining streets or any other place within the limits of said
city; to restrain all disorder, disturbances, annoyances, dis-
orderly conduct and drunkenness therein; to suppress street
walkers and bawdy houses; to prevent firing of guns, cannons,
pistols, rifles, sling-shots, firecrackers or other fireworks or
other explosives therein; to suppress fires and prevent the
dangers thereof; to establish and maintain a fire department;
to regulate the erection or repairing of buildings and grant
permits therefor, specifying the material of which same shall
be built and purpose for which same is to be used; to direct
in what part of the city wooden buildings shall not be erected;
to prevent and regulate the storage of gunpowder, oil or other
combustible matter in such quantities and in such places as
they may deem proper; to prevent obstructions on the streets,
lanes, alleys and highways of said city; to regulate the width
of tires of all vehicles used upon the streets, lanes or alley of
said city; to license carts, wagons, cariages and other vehicles
used for transporting goods for persons for hire, burden or
pleasure, and to provide and regulate the numbering of same;
to regulate the speed of horses, wheeled vehicles, automobiles,
cars and locomotives in the city limits; to regulate the erection
and maintenance of proper safety appliances by railroads at
street crossings; to regulate and license all pawnbrokers, junk
dealers, fire and slaughter sales, auction sales, peddlers of nos-
trums, remedies, medicines, notions and other goods, patents,
secret or pretended inventions; to regulate and license all nine
or ten pin alleys, bowling alleys, skating rinks, theatres, moving
picture shows, boxing and sparring matches and wrestling con-
tests, and all shows and exhibitions of every kind; to provide
for the restraining of theatricals or other public amusements
within the said city; to regulate the construction and main-
tenance of exits from places of amusement and all public build-
ings; to prevent gambling and games of chance; to regulate
the use of si'dewalks and all structures in, under or above same,
and to require the owner or occupant of premises to keep the
sidewalks in front of same and the gutters thereof free from
snow and other obstructions, and prescribe hours for clean-
ing same; to regulate and prevent the throwing of sweepings,
dust, ashes, offal, garbage, paper, handbills, dirty liquids or
any other material into any street, alley or public places, or
on any vacant lot in said city; to regulate and prevent the use
of streets, sidewalks and public places for signs, signposts,
awnings, awning posts, poles, horse troughs, steps, railings,
entrances, rocks, posting handbills and advertisements and dis-