14 Del. Laws 605 (1871)

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners hereby elected and their successors in office shall be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of the Commissioners of Odessa, and shall have full power and capacity to sue and be sued by that name; they shall, in addition to the powers herein before conferred, have power to regulate the streets, lanes, alleys, and sidewalks of said town, and may direct the latter, or such part thereof as they may determine, (under certain restrictions hereinafter mentioned) to be paved or otherwise improved, at the expense of the owner of the ground adjacent, and, on complaint of any citizen, to examine any chimney, stove-pipe fixtures, or any other matter dangerous to the town, and if adjudged dangerous to require and compel it to be repaired or remedied; to prevent or remove nuisances therein; to prohibit the firing of guns or pistols, making of bonfires, or setting off of fire-works, or any dangerous sport or practice, and to prevent or suppress any noisy or turbulent assemblages, within the town, of any persons. They shall have the power to prevent swine, horses, goats and geese from running at large within the limits of said town.