838 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 117. The Commissioners shall have power by a major-
ity vote of the members of the Board., with the written appro-
val of the Burgess, or over his veto, as provided in Section 128
of the Public Local Laws, as amended by this Act, to make,
alter and repeal orders or resolutions not inconsistent with
law or with the provisions of this charter as amended; to en-
act, alter or repeal ordinances to be called the "Ordinances of
the Town of Emmitsburg," and to prescribe penalties not ex-
ceeding a fine of one hundred dollars for any violation of the
same, and the mode of enforcing such penalties; which orders,
resolutions or ordinances may be for the following purposes,
to wit:

To manage and control all property of the corporation, and
to authorize the purchase or sale of property in the name of the
corporation, and to provide for the form and manner of mak-
ing contracts, to lay taxes upon all real and personal property
in said town, and regulate the collection and enforcement of
the same, and borrow money as authorized by Section 136 as
amended by this Act, and to provide for the adjustment of
claims against the corporation and the payment of the same,
to preserve peace and good order of the town, and punish the
resistance, hindrance or obstruction of public officers in the
discharge of their duties, to prevent vice, suppress gambling,
houses of ill-fame and disorderly houses; to protect the town
from fire and unsafe buildings and to regulate the cleaning of
chimneys; to regulate the manufacture and keeping of explo-
sives and inflammable materials or the conveyance thereof
through the streets of the town; to tax and regulate the use
and construction of electrical plants and wires on which elec-
tricity is conducted within the town; to tax and regulate the
use and construction of telegraph and telephone lines in the
said town; to protect public lamps or other public lights there-
in ; to regulate fire companies in said town; to establish build-
ing lines on the streets and ways of the town beyond which
it shall not be legal to erect buildings or other structures; to
provide for the laying out, grading, discontinuing, altering,
paving, opening, improving, lighting, making and repairing
streets, squares, walks, drains, sewers, gutters, and to keep
open and safe for public use and travel all streets, squares,
alleys or any part thereof; to require sidewalks to be kept free
from ice, snow or other obstructions; to regulate all shows,
processions, assemblages or parades in streets or public places;
to regulate the speed of animals, bicycles and automobiles, and
to designate over what streets or thoroughfares the same may
be driven; and to prohibit the running at large of animals in
the streets or public places, and for impounding the same; to
tax dogs and regulate the time and manner, when public