1900 Ga. Laws 201

Sec. XV. Be it further enacted, That the town council of said town shall have power and authority to establish fire limits for said town, and to change the same from time to time, and to regulate the material and the manner of building houses therein, to establish a system of building inspection, and to condemn all buildings and structures that are dangerous to the safety of any citizen, and to have the same made safe or removed at the expense of the owner; and upon the failure of the owner to make them safe or remove them the town authorities may have the same done and collect the expenses from the owners thereof by execution. The authorities of said town shall also have power and authority to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous or offensive; to prevent dogs, hogs, cattle, sheep, horses, mules, goats, asses, and all other kind of animals and fowls from going at large in said town or any prescribed territory therein; to protect places of divine worship; to abate anything which in the opinion of the authorities is a nuisance; to regulate the keeping and selling of dynamite, gunpowder, kerosene and all other hazardous articles of merchandise; to regulate or prohibit the operation of blacksmith shops or other businesses that endanger the property of others in said town; to regulate the running of steam engines, whether for factories, mills, or any other kind of machinery propelled by steam engines; to regulate the running of any and all sorts of vehicles, however drawn or propelled, that may be used on the streets of said town; to establish quarantine and regulate the same, and to regulate the burial of the dead in said town.