1284 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 639

and for what purposes used, and to have power to remove
or order the removal of any building that may be a nuisance,
or that may have been erected or built of wood and commonly
known as frame buildings, on the burnt district since the fire
of August 7th, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, that may
have been erected under a permit to erect temporary buildings
or that may have been erected contrary to any ordinance here-
tofore passed, or hereafter to be passed, that may endanger any
building contiguous thereto in case of fire; and to have power
to fix all building lines in said town and to enact ordinances
and impose fines for the enforcement of these provisions; to
have full power to grant permits and franchises for the use
of the streets, lanes, alleys and other thoroughfares of Snow
Hill by telephone, telegraph, electric light and other wires and
poles in, over and upon, or pipes under the same, for the pur-
pose of installing a system of gas or electric or other lights, or
power, or of water works or other public enterprise involv-
ing -the use of the said streets, lanes, alleys or other thor-
oughfares, and to levy a tax on all poles, wires, pipes and other
property connected therewith; in the discretion of the Mayor
and Council to require of any person, company or corpora-
tion who may be granted a permit or franchise for the use of
said streets, alleys or lanes, a bond which shall guarantee to
the town of Snow Hill good service; to establish, grades upon
the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town, the width there-
of, and prescribe the material of which they shall be built; to
cause the sidewalks along said public streets to be graded.
paved, repaved or improved, and curbs to be set, at the
cost and expense of the owners of the abutting prop-
erty, which cost shall be a lien on the abutting
property and recoverable by action at law, or com-
pel by fines or otherwise, the owner or proprietors of any
such lot or lots to grade, pave or repave the sidewalks, set
curbs in front thereof, agreeable to ordinances that may here-
after be passed; to establish a market house by lease or other-
wise, and regulate the days, hours and limits thereof, and mode
of dealing therein, to grant licenses or permits for the sale of
marketable commodities such as fresh meats, fruits, vegetables,
poultry, etc.; to control and protect the public grounds, ceme-
teries and property of said town; to provide for and regulate
the issuing of licenses or permits for all hawking, peddling and
vending of any goods, wares or merchandise of every descrip-
tion, upon the streets or highways of said town, or to itinerant
peddlers that go from house to house to sell their goods, wares,
merchandise, or to itinerant persons who dispense patent med-
icines or medical advice; to regulate, and provide licenses and
tax on all carts, wagons, carriages, hacks and vehicles of all
kind that ply for hire within the limits of said town; to pro-