THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   383

cerning fire hazards, and to forbid and prohibit the use of fire-
hazardous buildings and structures permanently or until the con-
ditions of town fire-hazard regulations are met; to install and main-
tain fire plugs where and as necessary, and to regulate their use;
and to take all other measures necessary to control and prevent fires
in the town.

(26)    (food.) To inspect and to require the condemnation of,
if unwholesome, and to regulate the sale of, any food products.

(27)    (Franchises.) To grant and regulate franchises to water
companies, electric light companies, gas companies, telegraph and
telephone companies, transit companies, taxicab companies, and any
others which may be deemed advantageous and beneficial to the town,
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO THE LIMITATIONS AND PRO-
VISIONS OF ARTICLE 23 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND. No franchise shall be granted for a longer period
than fifty years.

(28)    (Gambling.) To restrain and prohibit gambling.

(29)     (Garbage.) To prevent the deposit of any unwholesome
substance either on private or public property, and to compel its
removal to designated points; to require slops, garbage, ashes and
other waste or other unwholesome materials to be removed to desig-
nated points, or to require the occupants of the premises to place them
conveniently for removal.

(30)     (Grants-in-Aid.) To accept gifts and grants of Federal
or of State funds from the Federal or State governments or any
agency thereof, and to expend the same for any lawful public
purpose, agreeably to the conditions under which the gifts or
grants were made.

(31)     (Hawkers.) To license, tax, regulate, suppress and pro-
hibit hawkers and itinerant dealers, peddlers, pawnbrokers and all
other persons selling any articles on the streets of the town, and to
revoke such licenses at pleasure FOR CAUSE.

(32)    (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 prevent the introduction of
contagious diseases into the town; to establish quarantine regula-
tions, 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 con-
ditions 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 relating to the subject of health.

(33)    (House Numbers.) To regulate the numbering of houses
and lots and to compel owners to renumber the same or in default
thereof to authorize and require the same to be done by the town at
the owner's expense, such expense to constitute a lien upon the prop-
erty collectible as tax monies.

(34) (Jail.) To establish and regulate a station house or lock-up
for temporary confinement of violators of the laws and ordinances
of the town or to use the County jail for such purpose.