ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 797

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 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.

The Mayor and the Common 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,
alleys, the straightening, widening and improvement of same,
for the establishment of width and care of sidewalks and the
construction of the same; they may by ordinance cause such
license to be issued as the State laws may permit, upon such
terms and conditions as to them may seem proper.

The Mayor and Common Council shall have the same power as
the State Board of Health, within the corporate limits of the said
town. They may adopt and provide an efficient system of
drainage. They may adopt suitable measures for the removal
of garbage, sewerage, etc., and fix the amount to be paid there-
for.

The Mayor and Common Council shall have power to enter
into contract with any person, corporation or association to
purchase and erect lamps, arches or poles for lighting the streets,
promenades, plazas or parks of the town or owned by the town,
and to make such changes and alterations as they may deem
proper; employ lamp-lighters and other necessary labor and
equipment; to set curbs and lay gutters and to cause the water-
courses, drains and sewers of the town to be paved, kept in re-
pair and cleaned or covered, to establish and regulate a station-
house or lockup for temporary confinement of violators of the
law and ordinances of the town; to suppress vagrancy and to
prohibit or restrain the keeping of bawdy houses or nouses of
ill-fame within the limits of the said corporation.

The Mayor and Common Council of said town shall have full
power to contract with any railroad passing through, adjoining
or reaching said town in any matter relative to policing, fire
protection, water, lighting, entertainment, laying out of streets,
avenues, lanes, parks, or promenades, sanitation or sewerage.