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he is vested with the same power 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 heretofore 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 subdividing 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
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 Com-
missioners, 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, paving and grad-
ing and improving of same. The Mayor and Council shall
cause to be constructed in such cases as they may determine
to be necessary for the public benefit and for the interest of
the abutting property owners, sidewalks, curbs and gutters of
concrete, and roadbed of concrete or other permanent material,
in any of the streets of the Town of Colmar Manor, the side-
walks including curbs to be of such width as may be deter-
mined by the Mayor and Council and of a width sufficient for