HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 713

52A. The Commissioners shall have the authority to
zone the Town of Aberdeen, dividing the same into several
districts, and in each of said districts may prescribe rea-
sonable rules and regulations relating to the character and
type of buildings to be constructed therein, and the mate-
rials to be used in said buildings, and no buildings shall
be erected in said zone by any person, firm or corporation,
unless and until the said person, firm or corporation, shall
submit to the Commissioners plans for said buildings,
which shall include the materials to be used in the con-
struction of the same, and the location of the land on which
said building is to be placed, and if the said plans of any
building or structure, or the location thereof on the land,
and the materials proposed to be used for the same, shall
not be in the nature of a general improvement in the zone,
or district in which said building or structure is to be erect-
ed, then and in that event the Commissioners may refuse to
issue a permit for the same, but in no case shall any excava-
tion or construction begin until a permit shall have been
first obtained from the Commissioners.

The Commissioners are hereby authorized and empow-
ered in the Town at large, before the creation of zones,
or districts, and thereafter in said zones or districts, to
fix and determine the location and size of any sign or
other outdoor advertising matter, and the size and
character of the lettering and numerals thereon; to
require a permit for the erection and maintenance of such
signs or other outdoor advertising matter; to refuse or
revoke such a permit in event the applicant does not reside
on the premises where the sign is to be erected, and con-
tinue to reside thereon while it is maintained, or in event
the applicant attempts to advertise the business or profes-
sion of another; and to declare such unauthorized erection
and maintenance to be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine
or commitment to jail.

The Commissioners are hereby authorized and empow-
ered to pass such ordinance or ordinances as shall protect
the property of the inhabitants of the Town against fire
hazards, which said ordinance or ordinances shall provide
penalties for disobedience of the same and shall provide,
also, means of abatement of said fire hazards, if it be rea-
sonable and convenient to do so at the expense of the
owner of said property and the cost of the said abatement
shall be a lien on the said property where said fire hazard
appears and shall take precedence over a mortgage or any
other lien on said property.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all ordinances