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and directed and are given full power and authority to pro-
vide for the revision and codification of all its ordinances here-
tofore passed or which may hereafter be passed, and to provide
for the payment of the same, and to by ordinance approve and
adopt said revision and codification as a whole, as and for the
ordinances then existing and in force in the town of West-
minster. And said ordinances, so revised and codified, when
adopted and approved by the Mayor and Common Council,
shall be evidence of said ordinances in any court of this State,
or before any justice of the peace, and a printed copy thereof,
published by the authority of the Mayor and Common Council,
shall be received in evidence and have the same force and va-
lidity as the original. All ordinances passed before or after
the adoption of such codification may also be proven by either
the original or the record thereof in the book provided by the
Mayor and Common Council for recording them.

GENERAL POWERS.

Sec. 223. The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster
shall have power to purchase and hold real, personal and mixed
property for the use and benefit of said corporation, or the
recreation, entertainment and amusement of its citizens, and
may convey and dispose of the same or any part thereof, and
to receive property by gift, devise or deed, in trust, for any
municipal object. They shall have power to pass ordinances
and by-laws to prevent and remove nuisances and obstructions
from the streets, lanes and alleys, and from lots adjoining
streets, lanes and alleys, and from any other place within the
limits of said city, and regulate and prohibit the excavation
and opening of streets and alleys, and any work or anything
being done therein or thereon; restrain all disorders, annoy-
ances, disorderly conduct and drunkenness; suppress street
walkers, bawdy houses and prevent gambling; prevent the
firing of cannons, guns, pistols, firecrackers, fireworks or other
explosives within the corporate limits; suppress fires, and pre-
vent the danger thereof; establish or aid and assist the main-
tenance of a fire department; make or cause to be made and
repaired, all necessary drains, sewers, culverts and bridges;
direct in what part of the city wooden buildings may be
erected; establish building lines on any of the streets and
alleys of said town, beyond which no structure can be erected;
prevent and regulate the storage of gunpowder, oil or other
combustible matter in such quantities and in such places as
they may deem proper; regulate the speed of horses, vehicles,
motor cycles, automobiles, cars and locomotives in the city
limits; regulate the maintenance of proper safety appliances
by railroads at street crossings and the stopping of trains