The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-07

city, when the same have been filthy
or unWholesome, to abate or clean the
same; to authorize the same to be
done by the proper officers and to as
sess the expense thereon against such
property; to regulate or prevent the
storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, res
in, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp,
cotton, nitro-glycerine, dynamite,
giant powder, petroleum, gasoline or
gas, or any product thereof, or any
other explosive or combustible ma
terial or materials which may seem
to be dangerous; to authorize the re-
moval or confinement of such persons
having infectious or pestilential dis
eases; to pass all ordinances and or
ders and to expend such sums of mon
ey as may be necessary within the
limitations therein provided for the
protection, maintenance and preserva-
ton of the water supply of the city
and the prevention of the pollution
thereof; to regulate the selling, weigh
ing or measuring of hay, wood, coal,
coke and all other articles sold by
weight and measure, and to provide
for their inspection and selling; to
make all regulations which may be
deemed expedient for the promotion
of health or suppression of disease;
neys, smoke stacks, hearths, ovens,
and the erection of stoves and pipes,
boilers and apparatus used in build
ings and other places, and cause the
same to be removed or made secure
when considered dangerous; to sup
press or restrain bawdy houses of ill
fame and to prohibit the youth of said
city from being on the streets; lanes
or alleys at unreasonable hours of the
night; to punish and suppress tramps
and Migrants by imposing fines or
both fines and Imprisonment at hard
labor, and to abate by appropriate
ordinances all nuisances in said town
which are so defined at common law,
whether the same are herein specified
or not; to regulate the use of side
walks and all structures in, under or
over the same; to regulate and pre-
vent the throwing or depositing of
sweepings, dust, ashes, offal, dirt, gar
bage, paper, hand bills, dirty liquors
or any other materials into any street,
alley or public place; to regulate and
prevent the use of streets, sidewalks
and public places for signs, sign posts,
awning, awning posts, poles, horse
troughs, steps, railroad entrances
racks, posting hand bills and adver-
tisements and display of goods, wares
and merchandise; to cause the streets
lanes and alleys, to be side walked
paved, graded, repaired, repaved, re-
graded, drained, or severed, or to
close streets or parts of streets, lanes
or alleys; to regulate and license the
use of coaches, hacks, drays, and all
other vehicles for the transportation
of passengers, freight or other articles
to or from points within said city fol
hire or pay; to regulate, license, tax
restrain or prohibit theatrical and
other exhibitions, shows or entertain
ments, for which money is demanded
or received, provided that lectures on
scientific, historic, benevolent, arts
tic, religious or literary subjects and
apparatus for the elucidation of the
same and specimens of fine art shall
not be deemed to be within these pro-
visions; to regulate the sales of all
kinds of property at auctions in the
streets, stores, shops or elsewhere in
the city; and to license auctioneers
and all vendors of property on the
streets or squares, or other public
places in the said town, to license, tax
regulate, suppress or prohibit hawkers
and itinerant dealers, peddlers and
pawn brokers, and to revoke such Ii
cense at pleasure; to license, tax, reg
ulate and prohibit the keeping or har-
boring of dogs; to license, tax and
regulate branch stores and all other
concerns established in said town for
temporary business only.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted
That the said Mayor and Council shall
have the power to compel the property
owners building along any of said
streets, lanes or alleys, so accepted by
said corporation and recorded among
its proceedings to construct and keep
in repair sidewalks and footways OF
their property binding on said streets
and roads not exceeding two hundred
feet and may pass all such ordinances