1174 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 480

and authority within the boundary limits of the said town as
constables now have or may have hereafter under the laws of this
State. The Health Officer shall make frequent inspections, as
often as may be necessary to maintain the public health and
sanitary condition of the town, and for this purpose he is
vested with the same authority within the boundary limits of
said town as any health officer of the State.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor
and Council is hereby authorized to make or cause to be made
a plat of said town upon which may be shown all streets, roads,
and public ways, whether theretofore or thereafter laid out or
projected, and by which all lots and property therein may
thereafter be described; to control the sub-division of all lands
and property within the boundary limits of said town; to re-
quire all persons sub-dividing land to establish building lines
and to require all persons erecting buildings thereon to con-
form 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 obstruction, all streets and public
reservations; to grade, close or alter the same; and their rights,
powers and duties in relation thereto shall, except as herein-
after otherwise prescribed, be the same as is provided by the
Code of Public General Laws of this State for opening, alter-
ing and closing public roads by the Board of County Commis-
sioners, with the right to appeal to the Circuit Court of the
County.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council shall have full power to pass such ordinances as they
may deem necessary for the preservation and protection of
the streets, sidewalks, street lights, and other public property
of the town and for the protection of the public health. They
may provide by ordinances for the opening and closing of
streets, alleys, the straightening, widening and improvement
of same, for the establishment of width and care of sidewalks
and the construction of the same; provided, however, that the
cost of establishing or improving such sidewalks shall be borne
by the owners of the property on both sides of the street, on
which street and front of which properties the same shall be
improved or constructed, sixty per cent, of such cost to be
borne by the owners of the properties on the side of the street
on which the sidewalk is improved or constructed, and forty
per cent, by the owners of the properties on the opposite side
of the street: and upon neglect or refusal to pay the amount