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structures permanently or until the conditions of town fire
hazard regulations are met; and to take all other measures
necessary to control and prevent fires in the town.

(j) Food. To inspect and require the condemnation, if
unwholesome, and to regulate the sale of meats, poultry,
fish, butter, oleomargarine, cheese, lard, vegetables, and all
other food products.

(k) Franchises. To grant and regulate franchises to
electric light companies, telegraph companies, transit com-
panies, taxicab companies, and any others which may be
deemed advantageous and beneficial to the town.

(1) Garbage. To require, regulate, and/or provide for
the collection and removal of filth, garbage, or any matter
or thing that is or may become injurious to the health or
comfort of the inhabitants of the Town of Friendsville,
and to provide whether the expense, if any, shall be borne
by individual property owners or tenants or shall be paid
for in whole or in part by the town.

(m) Grants-in-Aid. To accept gifts and grants of fed-
eral or state funds from the federal or state governments
or any agency thereof, and to expend the same for any
lawful public purpose, agreeable to the conditions under
which the gift or grant was made.

(n) Hawkers. To regulate and provide for the issuing
of licenses or permits for hawking, peddling, and vending
of wares and merchandise of every description upon the
public ways of the town, and to regulate and provide for
the issuing of licenses or permits to all persons who may
go from house to house to vend or sell any wares or mer-
chandise; to regulate and provide for the issuing of li-
censes to all traveling persons who dispense medicines or
medical advice.

(o) Health. To protect and preserve the health of the
town and its inhabitants; to appoint a public health officer,
and to define and regulate his powers and duties; to pre-
vent the introduction of contagious diseases into the town;
to establish quarantine regulations, and to authorize the
removal and confinement of persons having contagious or
infectious diseases; to prevent and remove all nuisances;
to inspect, regulate, and abate any buildings, structures,
or places which cause or may cause unsanitary conditions
or conditions detrimental to health; provided, that nothing
herein shall be construed to affect in any manner any of the
powers and duties of the State Board of Health, the County
Board of Health, or any public general or local law relat-
ing to the subject of health.