ART. 15.] KENT COUNTY. 901

organize and equip fire companies and to fix the penalties for
the violation of any fire regulation.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners
shall have the power to pass ordinances to preserve the .health
of the said town, to prevent and remove nuisances, to prevent
the introduction of contagious or infectious disease within the
said town and within two miles of the same, and may regulate
the place for the erection of slaughter houses, canning factories
and whatever other offensive trade is carried on.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners
shall have full power to construct and keep in repair all neces-
sary drains and sewers and to pass such regulations as may be
necessary for the preservation of the same, and may authorize
any person appointed by them to enter upon the lots, grounds
and possession of any person or body politic through which
said sewers or drains may pass, and regulate, make or repair
the same, and may pass such ordinances as they may deem
proper for the protection of the same, and fix penalties for the
violation thereof, to be collected as provided for in section 11
of this Act. The cost of constructing, opening, enlarging or
straightening any sewer in any street or alley or through any
private property shall be chargeable to the property adjacent
thereto, and the said amounts as charged to the property adja-
cent shall be collected in the same manner as taxes.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That all the streets, alleys, lanes
and public grounds in said town of Still Pond shall be subject,
however, at all times for municipal and police purposes, to
the control of the Commissioners of Still Pond, who may estab-
lish, maintain, alter and repair said streets, alleys, lanes and
public grounds and make such improvements thereof and there-
on as may from time to time seem to be necessary as herein
provided, and the County Commissioners of Kent county are
hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Town Commis-
sioners of Still Pond the sum of three hundred dollars ($300)
on or before the first day of January of each year, for the pur-
pose of keeping in repair the public ways of said town of Still
Pond.

Approved March 30, 1908.

CHAPTER 589.

AN ACT to exempt Kent county from the provisions of the
Acts of Assembly of 1906, chapter 320, providing for the list-
ing of personal property in the year 1908, and this Act of