904 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 456

passing along or over any of the highways of the town, or re-
siding in the neighborhood thereof; (12) to make reasonable
regulations in regard to buildings to be erected in said town;
(13) to make and establish grades upon the streets and high-
ways of said town; (14) to cause sidewalks along the public
streets and highways of the town to be graded, paved, repaired
or made, and curbs to be set, at the cost and expense of the
abutting property or the owner thereof, which cost and ex-
pense shall be a lien upon the abutting property in favor of
the Mayor and Council until paid, and such lien may be en-
forced by distraints and sale in the same manner as the collec-
tion of corporate taxes are enforced, or the Mayor and Council
may, by fine or otherwise, compel the owner or proprietor of
any lot or lots to pave or repave the sidewalks or footways of
any streets adjacent to said lot or lots and to set curbs along
the same, agreeably to the ordinances now in force in said
town, or that may hereafter be passed in relation thereto; (15)
to cause the streets, ways and alleys, the watercourses, drains,
sewers and gutters to be macadamized or paved, kept in repair
and cleaned; (16) to control and protect the public buildings,
grounds and property of the town; (17) to establish, enact,
erect, maintain and regulate a station house or lockup in said
town for the confinement of violators of the law and ordinances
thereof, also such other buildings for municipal purposes as
they may deem necessary and proper; (18) to levy a tax and
impose a license on dogs and bitches and to prevent horses,
cattle, goats, swine, dogs and fowls from running at large in
the streets of the town and through the vacant buildings and
lots thereof; (19) to regulate and control all offensive trades,
manufactures and traffic in offensive fertilizers and other com-
modities; (20) to prohibit hog pens and slaughter houses with-
in the limits of the town; (21) to require a license or permit
to be applied for and obtained by the parties or persons herein-
after mentioned, and fix the amounts for said license and per-
mits, and to prescribe the penalties to be imposed for failure
to procure the license or permits and. pay for the same. The
money paid for any and all such licenses and permits required
by ordinance and issued under the order of the Mayor and
Council shall belong to them for the Corporate purposes of the
town. The Mayor and Council may, by and under ordinance,
require the following parties or persons, whether individuals,
firms, associations or incorporated bodies, to apply for and
obtain license or permit to wit: 1. All parties or persons who
hawk, peddle, huckster or vend any marketable commodities,