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have jurisdiction to grant such injunctions on such al-
legations being made;

(4) To open and keep open and free from all obstruc-
tion all streets, public squares and reservations, grade and
pave, close or alter the same, and their rights, powers and
duties in relation thereto, shall, except as hereinafter other-
wise prescribed, be the same as is provided by the Code
of Public General Laws of this State, for opening, altering
and closing public roads by the Board of County Com-
missioners, with the right of appeal to the Circuit Court
for the county;

(5) To keep the streets and crossings and town bridges
clean and in repair;

(6) To adequately provide for the maintenance of an
efficient police department and fire department;

(7) To light the streets, public squares and reserva-
tions;

(8) To compel the owners of property or tenants, to
keep the sidewalks in front of their property clean and
in repair;

(9) To impose a tax on dogs, fowls, hogs and other
animals running at large, or totally prohibit the same;

(10) To authorize the use of the streets for railroad,
operated by electric, steam or other mechanical motive
power, and to regulate the same as to grades, crossings,
paving between and outside tracks and otherwise; to re-
quire and compel all lines of railway in any one street to
run on and use one and the same track, and to keep in
repair the bridges and crossings through which or over
which their cars run;

(11) To prescribe fines, penalties and forfeitures for
the violation of their ordinances, including the committal
of offenders to the Montgomery County jail, until the same
with costs are paid.

528A. (108-13A) Definitions.
As used hereinafter—

a. The term "road" includes road, street, highway, ave-
nue, lane, alley and viaduct.

b. The term "Construction" means construction and re-
construction (but not maintenance) and includes grading,
installation of drainage structures, paving, curbs and gut-