In the communes of the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, the mayors remain responsible, under the supervision of the representative of the State in the department and without prejudice to the attributions, both general and special, conferred upon them by the laws, for everything that concerns communal roads, the freedom and safety of the public highway, the establishment, the upkeep and conservation of communal buildings, cemeteries, promenades, squares, streets and public thoroughfares that do not depend on the national and departmental highways, lighting, sweeping, watering, the soundness and healthiness of private buildings, help for drowned persons, the setting of market prices, the establishment and repair of fountains, aqueducts, pumps and sewers, tenders, contracts and leases.