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town in violation of any ordinance wherein the erection of
buildings of wood are forbidden.

(17) To prevent by ordinance breaches or violations of the
Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, so as to forbid traffic,
barter or sale in all commodities, except medicines, milk and
ice, and to prohibit unseemly amusements, games, exhibitions
and entertainments on that day, and to prescribe penalties for
violation of such ordinance.

(18) To provide by ordinance for establishing a building
line for the erection of buildings on the streets, alleys, lanes
and thoroughfares of said town, or by order, in case of par-
ticular business.

(19) To preserve peace and order within the corporate
limits, and to prevent the firing of firearms, guns, pistols, fire-
crackers and all other explosives, whatever their form or de-
vice, within the corporate limits, and enforce all ordinances
in respect thereto by penalties.

(20) To prevent fast riding on horseback or on a bicycle
or in an automobile on the streets, alleys, lanes and thorough-
fares in said town, and to prevent fast driving, in carriage,
cart, wagon or any other vehicle on any of said streets, alleys,
lanes or thoroughfares in said town; to regulate the speed of
railroad trains crossing any street in said town and generally,
to restrain whatever produces unreasonable annoyance or in-
convenience to persons while passing along streets and thor-
oughfares of the town or that subjects them to the risk or
danger of injury or harm and to provide penalties for all vio-
lations of such ordinances.

(21) To order the taking down and removal of any house
or building deemed dangerous and unsafe, and to direct the
taking down of the same without delay.

(22) To provide proper and suitable lights on the public
streets and make contracts for furnishing such lights.

(23) To define by ordinance the duties of all town officers
or employees where not fixed by this charter, and to require
bonds of any such officers or employees in order to secure the
faithful performance of their duties or of any contract entered
into by them with the Mayor and Council, and to fix the sal-
aries of all officers and employees where the same are not regu-
lated by this charter.

(24) To borrow money on promissory notes, provided there
shall not be outstanding at any time such notes to an amount
greater than Ten Thousand Dollars (f 10, 000. 00).