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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

1.    To provide for the codification of all
ordinances which have been or may hereafter be passed.

2.    To manage and control all property of
the Corporation, and to authorize the purchase or sale of
property in the name of the Corporation.

3.    To provide for the form and manner of
making contracts.

4. To lay taxes upon all real and personal
property in such town, and regulate the collection and
enforcement of the same.

5.    To borrow money as authorized by
[Section 18-45] ARTICLE V.

6.    To provide for the adjustment of claims
against the Corporation and the payment of the same.

7.    To preserve the peace and good order of
the town, and punish the resistance, hindrance or
obstruction of public officers in the discharge of their
duties; AND to prevent vice, suppress gambling, houses of
ill fame, and disorderly houses.

8.    To protect the town from fire and unsafe
buildings and to regulate the cleaning of chimneys.

9.    To regulate the manufacturing and
keeping of explosives and inflammable materials or
conveyance thereof through the streets of the town.

10.   To tax and regulate the use and
construction of electrical plants and wires on which
electricity is conducted within the town.

11.   To tax and regulate the use and
construction of telegraph, telephone, CABLE TELEVISION
AND ANY OTHER lines USED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES in the
town.

12.   To protect public lamps or other public
lights therein.

13.   To regulate and contribute to the
support of the fire companies in the town [To establish
building lines on the streets and ways of the town beyond
which it shall not be legal to erect buildings or other
structures].

14.   To provide for the laying out, grading,
discontinuing, altering, paving, opening, improving,
lighting, making and repairing streets, CURBS, squares,