ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  189

To compel the occupants of any premise, building or out-
house situated in said town when the same have become filthy
or unwholesome, to abate or cleanse the same, and to authorize
the same to. be done by the proper officers, and assess the ex-
pense thereof against the property.

To regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch,
rosin, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycer-
ine, dynamite, giant powder, petroleum, gasoline or gas, or
any product thereof, or any other explosives or combustible
material, or any material which may seem to be dangerous.

To regulate or prohibit the interment of bodies and to au-
thorize the removal of bodies now or hereafter buried, or of
cemeteries, to some other proper place.

To regulate or prohibit the ringing of bells, crying of goods,
or sounding of whistles.

To direct the location and to regulate the management of
all public markets and market places, whether established by
the town or by private individuals; to prevent the offenses of
regrating and forestalling.

To define fire limits in said town and the character of build-
ings which are forbidden to be erected within such limits, and
to prohibit the erection of buildings in said town without a
license first obtained therefor, and to regulate the construction
of buildings to prevent the spread of fire.

To authorize and require the inspection of buildings and
structures erected, or to be erected, or in process of erection;
to authorize the license therefor to be revoked and the condem-
nation thereof in whole or in part when dangerous or insecure
in the opinion of the building committee, or such party as
the said Council may appoint to inspect the same, and to au-
thorize the same to be taken down within a specified time by
the owner thereof, or in default thereof to authorize the same
to- be taken down at the said owner's expense, or in case of an
emergency, to authorize the same to be taken down by the
Street Superintendent or such party as the Council may ap-
point without delaying for the owner to do so. This power
to include authority to tear down buildings or parts of build-
ings rendered dangerous by fire or other catastrophe.

To regulate the location, size, character, and cost of all
buildings to be erected, and to provide such regulations by
ordinance.

To compel persons about to undertake dangerous improve-
ments to execute bond with sufficient sureties, conditioned that