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shall provide for the removal of the horse and vehicle without
the limits of the town, or for the deposit thereof in some place
of safety until the offender shall be sober, and may subject the
property so taken and deposited, to the payment of the costs of
the proceedings and of the keep of said property until the same
be released according to law.

1880, ch. 435.

137. The limits of the town shall be as now established, and
the commissioners shall have the power to determine and establish
its limits, and extend the same if they deem it expedient; and
they shall file with the clerk of the circuit court for Cecil county
a description of the boundaries established by them, which shall
be deemed a record of the boundaries of the town.

Ibid.

138. They shall have power to establish the limits and width
of the streets of said town, with the consent of two-thirds of the
owners of the property through which they may pass, to open
new streets, lanes and alleys in the town, and to straighten and
increase the width of, and remove all obstructions from those
already located or used, and to provide for the paving of the
said streets and the sidewalks thereof, and for keeping the same
in repair, and for the proper drainage of said streets and alleys,
and for that purpose to construct drains and culverts when neces-
sary ; and the commissioners shall have power and authority, if
in their judgment the protection of life and property demands
it, to pass all proper and necessary ordinances to require any
railroad company or corporation running its locomotives, engines
or trains across any of the streets within the corporate limits of
the town, to keep a watchman or flagman at the said crossings of
said streets, to warn persons of the approach of said locomotives,
engines or trains; and the commissioners shall have full power
and authority to impose such penalties as they may deem proper
or necessary to carry out and enforce the powers given them by
this section; provided, no such penalty shall exceed the sum of
fifty dollars for each violation of said ordinances by such railroad
company or corporation; and such penalty shall be recovered
before a justice of the peace in and for Cecil county aforesaid, as
other small debts are recovered.