994 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 492

Section 13. That they shall annually in the month of June
appoint a bailiff and such other police officers as they may
deem necessary for the safety of said town, who upon entering
upon, the duties of their office, shall make oath before the Mayor
that they will faithfully perform all duties required of them
as officers according to the best of their skill, judgment and
without favor, affection or prejudice, and said bailiff and police
officers shall give such bond and security for the faithful per-
formance of all duties imposed upon them as bailiff or police
officers in such sum as the Mayor and Councilmen may desig-
nate and with such security as may be acceptable to the Mayor
and Councilmen; and the said bailiff and police officers may be
removed at any time by said Mayor and Councilmen for any
malfeasance, non-feasance or misfeasance of their respective
office.' The qualification for such bailiff or police officers shall
be such as may be determined by said Mayor and Councilmen.

Section 15. That the Mayor and Councilmen of Lonacon-
ing shall have power to pass all ordinances necessary for the
good government of the town; to prevent, remove and abate
all nuisances, or obstructions in or upon the streets, highways,
lanes or alleys, drains or water courses, in or upon any lot or
lots adjacent thereto; to prohibit or license the keeping of hogs
or hog pens or the rendering in open kettles of tallow, or the
running about the streets of animals and to punish therefor;
to remove or cause to be removed houses or other structures
that may be dangerous to persons passing along and over any
of the highways of the town; to make reasonable regulations
in regard to buildings to be erected in said town and to grant
building permits for the same; to make and establish grades
upon the streets and highways of the town; to cause sidewalks,
kerbs- and gutters along the public streets and highways of said
town to be laid, graded, paved, repaired or improved at the
cost and expense of the abutting property or the owner there-
of; to cause the water courses, drains or sewers of the town
to be paved, kept in repair and cleaned; to establish markets
and regulate the hours and limits thereof, and the mode of
dealing in relation thereto; to grant licenses for marketable
commodities; to control and protect public grounds and prop-
erty of the town; to establish and regulate a station house or
lock-up for temporary confinement of violators of the law and
ordinances of the town; to suppress vagrancy; to prohibit or
restrain the keeping of bawdy-houses or nouses of ill-fame
within the limits of the town, and to provide for the punish-