HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 375

Regular Session of 1937, be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

Sub-section (A) of Section 4. That the Town of District
Heights and The District Heights Commission shall have
power to adopt building, electrical, use and occupancy, and
zoning regulations, and charge reasonable permit fees. They
shall have power to adopt ordinances to require licenses to
conduct all kinds of businesses and to impose reasonable li-
cense fees. They shall have power to adopt a uniform system
of street names and house numbers. They shall have power to
open, close, improve, widen, repair, maintain and light the
streets, roads, lanes, alleys, sidewalks and parking of said
town, provided, however, that improvements such as curbs,
gutters and sidewalks shall be made at the expense of the abut-
ting property owners and under regulations prescribed by the
District Heights Commission, which regulations may require
all or a certain specified percentage of petitioners for such im-
provements to advance the total or a specified percentage of
the estimated cost of the improvements before the work is
started, and may also provide therein that such regulations
after adoption cannot be amended without first conducting
a public hearing for that purpose. They shall have power to
provide for drainage, sewerage, sanitation, clerical and other
public service, including fire protection, removal of ashes,
garbage and other refuse, and the disposal thereof, to pur-
chase, acquire by gift or grant, and hold or dispose of real and
personal property for the benefit of said town, including the
power to lease or rent the same, to incur expenses and debts on
behalf of said town, to provide for and pay the expenses of
governing said town, including the expense of having a meeting
place for said Commission and a place for keeping the records,
books, property and other things of said town, the expense of
registering voters, conducting elections, providing records,
books, and other things necessary for the proper government
of said town, the expense of paying the salary of the town
Treasurer, the expense of hiring persons, including an attor-
ney or attorney to perform work or services for said town,
to enter into contracts on behalf of said town for the foregoing
or any other lawful purpose in connection with the govern-
ment of said town and to fix the amount of compensation to
be paid thereunder, and to expend the moneys and funds of
said town for any of the foregoing or any other lawful purpose
for the benefit of said town, and to do all other acts, and
things, subject only to limitation of this Act, for the good
government of the Town of District Heights, and for the bene-
fit of said town. Provided, however, that neither the Town of
District Heights nor the District Heights Commission nor any