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town, to impose fines, forfeitures ant
penalties for the breach OF any or
dinance and provide for the recovery
and appropriation of same and e
appoint an officer or officers before
whom such recovery may be had
not however to exclude the juris,
diction of any other competent
court.
20. To provide for the arrest and
confinement until trial of all dlsof-
derby riotous persons by day or by
night: to authorize the arrest and
detention of all suspicious persons
found violating any of the ord1-
nances of the town.
81. To prevent or punish by pc
cuniary penalties or otherwise all
branches of the peace noise or dis
turbances, disorderly assemblages IN
any alley or street, house or place
in the town by day or by night; to
prevent or remove all encroach-
ments into and upon streets, lands,
parks, roads, avenues and alleys es-
tablished by law or ordinances.
%. To remove all distractions
from the sidewalks and provide for
the construction and repair of all
sidewalks and curb stones and for
cleaning the same and of cutters at
the expense of the owners of the
ground fronting same.
%. To regulate, tax, license or
suppress the keeping or going at
large of animals within the town or
prescribed or designated parts OF
the town; to provide pounds and to
impound any animals and in default
of redemption in Pursuance of or
dinance to sell, dispose of or kill
the same.
"a. To prevent and punish all
yagrants, to suppress and prohibit
all gambling houses and gambling
and the sale of intoxicating liquors
and to suppress all other nuisances.
rs. To pass all ordinances not
contrary to the constitution and laws
of the State that may be necessary
to carry out the provisions and full
intent and meaning of the object of
their Incorporation.
26. To commit any person or per-
sons who may fail or refuse to. pay
or secure any fine or costs imposed
on him or them by any ordinance OF
the town to the calliboose of the
town of Troy until such fine or costs
shall be fully paid or secured; every
person so committed to the CALI
boose shall be required to work for
the town at such labor as his or her
health and strength will permit,
within or without said calliboOse,
not exceeding ten (10) hours each
day, and for such work the persons
so employed shall be allowed, eX-
elusive of his board, a credit upon
such fine or costs of not less than
forty (40) cents per day, nor more
than fifty (50) cents per day, until
the whole is discharged, when he
shall be released provided that no
person shall be compelled to work
longer than six co months for any
one offence.
81. To regulate by ordinance the
hours to be kept on the streets or
in public places by minors after
dark and to pass what is known as
what is curfew law.
28. To open, establish, abolish,
grade, pave, widen, oil or otherwise
alter or improve streets, alleys,
walks and all public ways and places
and to condemn property for said
purposes by right of eminent do
main.
90 To establish, support and
regulate a night watch and day pO-
lice and to organize and support a
fire company and supply the same
with quarters, hose and ladder and
other necessary equipment.
so. To license, regulate and sup
press shows, theatricals and amuse-
ments and to restrain or abolish all
disorderly houses and places.
81. To regulate and prohibit the
sale and use of fire works.
80. To compel property owners to
construct sidewalks of any material
that may be designated by the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen in front of
adjacent to their property on the
public streets of such depth, width
and specifications as to width,
depth, distance from curbing, streets
or lots. That the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen shall have the power
and authority to construct such side
walks at the expense of the town
and same shall be lien upon the
adjacent property for the cost of
same, collectible under the same pro-
cess as for the collection of delin-
quent taxes.
80. To judge of the qualifications,
election and returns of it's own mem
bers; to prescribe rules for the de-
termination of contested elections,
and to determine how vacancies
shall be filled and to determine all
questions in case of ties in any
election, and to prescribe the rules
for the government of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
the Town of Troy is hereby granted
the power to enact and enforce any
local laws not in conflict with the
Constitution and general laws of the
State for the government Of said
town, whether the same be expressly
granted by this charter; and any
omission or omissions from this Act
of any provisions or grants which
otherwise might be necessary are
hereby declared to be filled by i'm
piled powers of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen under this Act.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That
no member of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen shall become a bonds
man for any agent officer or servant
of the town, nor be interested di-