Local government in the Philippine islands,

508 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES

erty owner of notice of the decision of the municipal council. The court may order the appellant upon application
therefor, to execute and file a bond as the necessity of the
case may require.
(n) Excess condemnation.-To acquire, take, condemn, or appropriate more land and property Iihan is
needed for actual construction in connection with any improvement herein authorized, the additional land and property so authorized to be acquired, taken, condemned, or
appropriated being no more than sufficient to form suitable building sites abutting on such improvement. After
so much of the land and property has been appropriated
for the improvement as is needed therefor, the remainder
may be sold or leased. The municipal council is hereby
further authorized and empowered to provide by general
or special ordinance, the manner in which the power herein
granted may be exercised, subject to the provisions of general law as to procedure; but no ordinance passed pursuant
to the provisions of this subsection shall be valid or take
effect until it shall have been approved by the provincial
board and the Secretary of the Interior.
(o) Street lighting, cleaning, care and control.-To
provide for the lighting, cleaning, and sprinkling of streets
and public places; to prevent and remove encroachments
and obstructions upon the same; to regulate or prevent the
use of the same for processions, signs, signposts, awnings,
and awning posts; to prohibit the throwing or deposting of
offal, garbage, refuse, or other offensive matter in the
same, and to provide for its collection and disposition; to
regulate the openings therein for the laying of gas, water,
sewer, and other pipes therein, the building and repair of
tunnels, sewers, and drains, and all structures therein and
thereunder, and the erecting of poles and stringing of wires
therein; to provide for and regulate crosswalks, curbs, and
gutters therein; to name and change the names of the
same, and provide for and regulate the numbering of houses
and lots fronting thereon; to regulate traffic and sales
upon the same; to abate nuisances in the same and punish
the authors or owners thereof; to construct, maintain, and
regulate the use of bridges, viaducts, and culverts; to prevent and regulate amusements having a tendency to annoy
persons using the streets or public places, or to frighten
horses and other animals; to regulate the speed of horses
and other animals, vehicles, and locomotives within the
limits of the municipality.