1192 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

that may be passed and for the printing and publishing of
the same; and the printed copy of all such ordinances, when
approved by the Mayor and Council shall be legal evidence of
the passage of such ordinance and of the contents thereof in
any Court of this State; to provide penalties, not exceeding.
Twenty-five Dollars, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, for the violation of any ordinance, or both fine and
imprisonment; to require bonds of all officers and agents of the
corporation, and where not otherwise prescribed, said bonds,
shall be made payable to the Mayor and Council of Midland
and shall be in such form and with such sureties and for such
amount as the Mayor and Council may prescribe; to create
and fill and to discontinue all offices and employments, not
otherwise prescribed herein, according to their judgment and
the needs and requirements of the town, and in their discretion
to remove for or without cause the incumbent of any such
office or employment, and to prescribe, limit or change the
compensation of any such officer or employee; in case of sick-
ness, absence or inability of any officer to perform his duties,
to provide for the performance of such duties by a temporary
substitute for such officer, unless otherwise prescribed herein,
and the acts performed by such substitute shall be deemed as
valid as though performed by the said official himself; to make
and prescribe all laws and ordinances, not inconsistent with
the Constitution and Laws of this State, in regard to every
office, matter and subject within the local government insti-
tuted by this Act and necessary for the welfare of the town;
to condemn and acquire by condemnation or eminent domain
any land or other property which may be necessary for open-
ing, widening, straightening, grading or otherwise improving
any street, lane, aley, sidewalk or sewer within the corporate
limits of said town, in the same manner and by the same
methods as are now or may be prescribed by the General Laws
of this State for condemnation of property or the exercise of
the right of eminent domain by corporations; to make all regu-
lations which may be deemed expedient for the promotion of
health or suppression of disease; to restrain and prohibit gam-
ing or gambling and all immodest or immoral exhibits, bawdy
houses and houses of ill fame; to regulate the use of streets
and alleys by vehicles, and to regulate the speed of horses,
automobiles, cars, street cars, locomotives, or other methods of
travel through and within the corporate limits of the town; to
regulate the use of sidewalks and to require the owner or
occupant of the premises to keep the sidewalks in front of the