ART. 24.] WORCESTER COUNTY. 1141

tions and entertainments on that day, and to prescribe penal-
ties for violation of such ordinances. (18) To provide by ordi-
nance for establishing a building line for the erection of build-
ings on the streets, alleys, lanes and thoroughfares of said
town, or by order, in case of particular business. (19) To pre-
serve peace and order within the corporate limits, and to pre-
vent the firing of firearms, guns, pistols, firecrackers and all
other explosives whatever, within the corporate limits, and en-
force all ordinances in respect thereto by penalties. (20) To
prevent fast riding on horseback or on a bicycle or in an auto-
mobile on the streets, alleys, lanes and thoroughfares in said
town, and to prevent fast driving in carriage, cart, wagon or
any other vehicle on any of said streets, alleys, lanes or thor-
oughfares in said town; to regulate the speed of railroad trains
crossing any street in said town, and generally to restrain
whatever produces unreasonable annoyance or inconvenience to
persons while passing along streets and thoroughfares of the
town or subjects them to the risk or danger of injury or harm
and to provide penalties for all violations of such ordinance.
(21) To order the taking down and removal of any house or
building deemed dangerous and unsafe, and to direct the taking
down of the same without delay. (22) To provide proper and
suitable lights on the public streets and make contracts for
furnishing such lights. (23) To define by ordinance the duties
of all town officers or employes where not fixed by this charter,
and to require bonds of any such officers or employes in order to
secure the faithful performance of their duties or of any con-
tract entered into by them with the Mayor and Council, and to
fix the salaries of all officers and employes where the same are
not regulated by this charter. (24) To borrow money on prom-
issory notes not to exceed two thousand dollars at any one
time. (25) To establish by ordinance a local board of health
and to establish and maintain in cases of emergencies pest houses
within or without the limits of the town, and to quarantine
against contagious or infectious diseases. (26) To establish and
maintain a lockup for the temporary confinement of violators
of the law. (27) To regulate the sale and storage of explo-
sives and combustible materials within the town, and to enforce
all ordinances by appropriate penalties. (28) To provide for
the codification and publication of the ordinances of the town.
(29) To regulate or suppress slaughter houses and smoke
houses within the town, and regulate canning houses within the
corporate limits, and to enforce the provisions of all such ordi-
nances by appropriate penalties. (30) To regulate and con-
trol generally the use of the streets of the town by telegraph
lines, telephone lines, electric light or electric power lines,