1074 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 515

and public ways, whether theretofore or hereafter laid out or
projected, and by which all lots and property therein shall
hereafter be described; to control the sub-division of all lands
and property within the corporate limits of said town; to estab-
lish building lines, and to require all persons erecting build-
ings in said town to conform thereto to establish grades of
the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town, and to fix the
width thereof, to open and keep open and free from obstruc-
tion, all streets and public reservations, to grade, close or alter
the same; and their rights, powers and duties in relation there-
to shall except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, be the same
as is provided by the Code of Public General Laws of this
State for opening, altering and closing public roads by the
Board of County Commissioners, with the right to appeal to
the Circuit Court for the County.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Town Council shall have full power to pass such ordinances as
they may deem necessary for the good government, health, and
improvement of the town, and for the preservation of peace,
and good order therein. They may provide by ordinance for
the opening and closing of streets, the straightening, widening
and improving of same, for the establishment of width and
care of sidewalks and the construction of the same; they may
by ordinance license amusements and public exhibitions upon
such terms and conditions as to them may seem proper; they
shall have full power to impose such fines, penalties and pun-
ishment for the breach of their ordinances as they may think
proper. They may recover such fines or penalties by an action
of debt, and in addition thereto may provide for -the commit-
ment of the offender for a period of not more than thirty days,
to such place of confinement as they may provide.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted. That the Council shall
have the same power as the State Board of Health, within the
corporate limits of the said town. They may adopt and pro-
vide an efficient system of drainage. They may adopt suitable
measures for the removal of garbage, sewerage, etc., and fix the
amount to be paid therefor.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That those parts of
the several County roads within the limits of said town, and
all roads, streets, avenues or alleys, which now are or shall
hereafter be shown, or any plat or addition to the platted part
of said town, as public highways, and accepted by the Mayor
and Town Council as such, are hereby made and declared to be