PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 333

pel, by fine or otherwise, the owner or proprietor of any lot to
pave or re-pave, grade or re-grade or repair the footways, curbs
and gutters fronting thereon, at the expense of said proprietor or
owner, in whole or in part, at such time, and with such material
as it may prescribe, and if any proprietor or owner of any such
lot shall neglect to grade and pave or re-grade or re-pave the
footways, curbs and gutters of any such lot, within sixty days
after notice shall be given by the Burgess of said town, as pro-
vided by ordinance, requiring the same to be done, the Burgess
and Commissioners may cause any such work to be done at the
expense of the owner or proprietor of any such lot, which ex-
pense shall be a lien on said property until paid, and shall be
collected by the tax collector of said town, either by a suit at law,
or by distress; to establish or regulate a station house or lockup
for temporary confinement of violators of the laws and ordi-
nances of the corporation; to suppress vagrancy; to prevent
horses and vehicles from passing over sidewalks or footways; to
provide for the construction, opening, enlarging or straightening-
of any drain or culvert; and regulate the tapping thereof; to
provide for the establishment of building lines, curb lines, street
lines and grades, and to change from time to time the grade lines
of any street, lane or alley, or part thereof; to regulate the use
of streets, highways, roads, public places and sidewalks, by foot
passengers, animals, vehicles, cars, motors and locomotives, and
prevent encroachment thereon and obstruction of the same; to
regulate the opening of street surface, for the purpose authorized
by law or ordinance; to regulate the use of sidewalks for the use
of signs; sign posts, telegraph poles, telephone and trolley poles,
electric light poles, telegraph and telephone wires, and for any
and all other purpose; to clean the streets and remove the dirt
and filth therefrom and to prohibit and punish the placing of
and dirt, filth or other matter therein, and to protect any pave-
ment by prohibiting travel thereon; to regulate the use of
streets, lanes and alleys in said town, by railway or other tracks,
gas or other pipes, telegraph, telephone, electric light or other-
wires and poles in, under, over and upon the same; to appoint
such officers and employees, not herein named, to carry out the
provisions of this Act, or any ordinance passed in pursuance
thereof, as it shall think proper, and prescribe their compensa-
tion, and all such officers shall be appointed in the same manner
provided in Section 8 of this Act; to grant franchises to electric,
telegraph and telephone companies, water companies, and any
other public or quasi-public corporation, provided the ordinance
or contract granting such franchise shall specifically set out the