THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 245

streets, roads and public ways, whether projected or already
laid out, and by which all lots and real property in said town
may be thereafter described, said plat to be prepared and re-
corded in plat books in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County and of the county surveyor of
said county, in the same manner as required by Sections 831,
832 and 833 of this Article, relating to the recording of plats,
to control the subdivision of all land and real property within
the corporate limits of said town, and to make reasonable regu-
lations in regard to buildings to be erected in said town, and
to grant permits for same.

(b). The Council shall have the power, and it shall be their
duty, to pass such ordinances as may be necessary, beneficial
and proper, and for the enforcement of the provisions of this
charter, not inconsistent with the laws: (1) to preserve the
peace, good order and best interest of the town; (2) to main-
tain its cleanliness and health, and to this end, (a) they shall
have the same powers as the State Board of Health within
the corporate limits of said town; (b) they may provide for
and adopt an efficient system of drainage; (c) they shall have
full power to regulate privies, specify the character of boxes
and other fixtures for them, and the mode in which they shall
be emptied and their contents removed, as well as the disposi-
tion of said contents, and they shall have the power to prohibit
the construction or maintenance of privy sinks, cesspools and
other depositories of filth within the corporate limits; (d)
they shall provide for the inspection and cleanliness of yards
and stores; (e) they shall regulate the location, inspection
and cleanliness of dairies, stables, cow yards and pens, all
factories and other places of business likely to be or become
detrimental to health; they shall have the power to prohibit
hogpens and slaughter-houses within the town limits, and shall
maintain a good sanitary condition in the streets, public
places and buildings; (f) they shall provide for the inspection
of all premises by such person or persons as may be designated
by the health officer; (g) they shall pass such ordinances as
may be deemed necessary to preserve the health of the
town, suppress and remove all nuisances, prevent the sale
of adulterated or decayed food, and control or prohibit any
and all such business within the corporate limits as may
injuriously affect sanitary conditions; (3) to establish the
grades of the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town,
fix the width thereof and prescribe the material of which they
shall be constructed; to cause the sidewalks along the public
streets to be graded and paved [, repaved, repaired] and set
with curbs at the cost and expense of the town and of the
owners of the abutting property in equal portions, said work
to be done by and under the direction of the town authorities,