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WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 21.

SMITHSBURS— SEC.

What to be dona in case of
tie...................................... 289

Vacancies, how filled................. 300

Oath of office, and before whom
taken.................................. 301

Meetings of burgess and commis-
sioners................................ 302

Duty of burgess and assistant
burgess............................... 302

Appointment, pay and duties of
clerk............................. 303, 304

Power to pass ordinances........... 305

Ordinances to be recorded and
published............................. 304

To levy tax and appoint collec-
tor...................................... 306

Duties and powers of col-
lector.................................. 307

Burgess to be treasurer and give
bond..,,............................... 308

Power to pave footways............. 309

Expense, by whom borne and
how collected........... 309, 310, 311

Pines, how recoverable, and limit
of power to fine..................... 312

Corporation not to issue notes..... 313

TRESPASS—

By stock, damages how re-
covered........................... 96, 100

Party sued may plead gene-
rally................................... 101

WILLIAM8POBT—

Incorporated........................... 314

Boundaries.............................. 315

Burgess, assistant burgess and
commissioners, when and how
elected..............'................... 316

Elections, how to be conducted... 317

WILLIAMSPORT— SEC.
Vacancies, how filled................. 318

Meetings of burgess and commis-
sioners..............!.................. 319

Duty of burgess and assistant
burgess............................... 319

Appointment, pay and duties of
clerk............................. 320, 321

Power to pass ordinances........... 322

Ordinances to be recorded and
published............................. 321

Power to levy taxes and appoint
collector.............................. 323

Powers and duties of collector.... 323

Power to provide for grading and
bridging streets..................... 324

to levy street tax...... 325, 326

to pave footways............. 327

expense, by whom pay-
able, and how collected.. 327,

328, 329
to manage market house
and levy taxes for repair
of............................. 330

Swine and geese at large to be
impounded and sold............... 331

Fines, how recovered.;.....;........ 332

Commitment for non-payment.... 332

Person committed, how dis-
charged............................... 333

Power of burgess to summon
witnesses............................. 334

WITNESSES—

Levy for payment of..
How to be paid..........

335

336

WORK-HOUSE—

Part of jail to be kept as............ 337

Who, and by whom, to be com-
mitted to................. 338, 339, 340

AIMS-HOUSE.

SECTION 1. The county commissioners of Washington county
shall, at their first meeting in the month of May in each year,
appoint three discreet persons, inhabitants of said county, to be
Trustees of the Poor in said county, from and after the first
Monday of June then next ensuing.

 

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