THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 189

come detrimental to health and shall maintain a good sani-
tary condition in the streets, public places and buildings;

(f) They shall provide for the frequent inspection of
all premises by a person or persons to be designated by
the Mayor or health officer;

(g) They shall pass such ordinances as they may deem
necessary to preserve the health of the town, suppress and
remove all nuisances, prevent the sale of adulterated or
decayed food, and prohibit any and all business within the
corporate limits as shall in their opinion injuriously af-
fect the sanitary condition thereof;

(3) [To establish the grades of the streets, gutters and
sidewalks of said town, fix the width thereof and describe
the material of which they shall be constructed; to cause
the sidewalks along the public streets to be graded, paved,
repaved or improved at the cost and expense of the owners
of the abutting property, which costs, in case the work is
done by or by order of the Council, after twenty-one days'
notice to the owner or owners of such property, shall be a
lien on such abutting property and recoverable by action
of law, or in the manner provided by law for the collection
of delinquent general taxes of the town, or delinquent
State and county taxes, or compel by fines or otherwise,
the owners of properties of any such lot or lots to grade,
pave, or repair the sidewalks, or set curbs in front thereof
agreeable to ordinances which may hereafter be passed; ]
To adopt and from time to time change and amend any
and all necessary and reasonable rules, regulations and
ordinances governing the proper use, care, construction,
reconstruction, improvement, grading, repairing and main-
tenance of the Town roads, lanes, streets, alleys^ avenues,
bridges or other highways, including those dedicated for
public use, and shall impose reasonable penalties for the
violation of all such rules, regulations and ordinances, and
make other necessary provisions for the enforcement
thereof, and all such rules, regulations and ordinances
when adopted and recorded in a book or books kept for
the purpose shall have the force and effect of law;

(a) In addition to other methods of enforcing compliance
with such rules, regulations and ordinances, the Town
shall have the right to apply to the Courts of Equity of
the State for an injunction to enforce compliance there-
with, in which case it shall not be necessary to make other
jurisdictional averment than the threatened breach of such
rules, regulations or ordinances; and said Courts shall