All places used for the unlawful purposes described above are hereby declared to be common nuisances and, upon the judgement of a town police officer for violation for any of the offenses so described, a court of jurisdiction shall be directed to abate and shut up the place by taking possession of all devices and all other property used in maintaining the nuisance, and the personal property so taken shall be forthwith publicly destroyed by the officer.
(1992 Code, § 9-2-5) (Ord. 31, § 13-4, passed 10-1-1975)