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Baid town, and may authorize the killing of any dog or bitch
whose owner cannot be ascertained.

63. The said commissioners may also levy an annual tax of
fifty dollars on every person keeping a billiard table in said
town.

64. Tuesday and Saturday in every week suaJl be market days
in Easton, and all victuals and provisions brought'to said town
for sale shall be carried to the market house, and there be sold
at the market hours, that is to say, from any time in the morning
until twelve at noon; but fish and oysters, beef by the quarter
or larger quantity, pork by the hog, any kind of grain, flour and
bread, butter in. firkins or other vessels, exceeding twenty pounds
net weight, cheese, beef and pork in barrels or larger casks, live
cattle, sheep and hogs, may be sold without taking them to said
market.

65. If any person shall buy any victuals or provisions of any
person in said town, either upon the stated market days or on
any other days during market hours, at any other place than the
market house, he shall forfeit the sum of five dollars.

66. If any servant or slave shall, by the order or consent of
his master, violate the provisions of the preceding section, his
master shall forfeit the sum of two dollars and fifty cents.

67. If any person shall sell any articles of victuals which he
may bring or send to the said town, or within two miles thereof,
for sale, (except the articles hereinbefore excepted,) either upon
the stated market days or on any other days during market
hours, at any other place than the said market house, he shall
forfeit the sum of two dollars and fifty cents. . •

68. If any person shall butcher any kind of cattle, sheep or
hogs in or under the market house in said town, he shall forfeit
the sum of two dollars and fifty cents.

69. If any person shall put any horse, mare or gelding into or
•under the said market house, he shall forfeit the sum of seventy- •*•*
five cents.

70. The clerk of the market shall take charge of the market
house and the market, and examine and inspect the provisions

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