912 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 21.

191. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the bur-
gesses, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and they
shall be open at all times to the inspection of all persons inte-
rested; and copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the most
public places in the town.

192. The burgess and commissioners may make such by-laws
and ordinances as from time to time they may deem expedient
for the comfort, health, convenience and prosperity of the town
and its inhabitants; for the prevention or removal of nuisances,
the preservation of health, and the suppression of vice and im-
morality therein.

193. They may lay an equal tax on the property in said town
to such an amount as they may deem necessary for the purposes
of the corporation, and may appoint a collector to collect the
same, and prescribe his term of office, responsibility and com-
pensation; and the said collector shall have the same power to
distrain for said taxes as the collectors of county taxes have, and
shall pay the same, when collected, to the burgess and commis-
sioners.

194. The burgess shall be treasurer of the corporation, and
shall give bond to the corporation, with security to be approved
by the commissioners, in such penalty as they shall prescribe,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as trea-
surer; and he shall receive and pay'away moneys according to
the ordinances of the corporation.

195. They may, with the consent, in writing, of a majority of
the lot holders and citizens of said town, open such streets and
alleys in said town, according to the plat thereof, as have been
closed up; and they may call upon the proprietors of such lots,
or their agents, for the original plat thereof, so that they may
define the limits and direction of such streets or alleys; and if
the proprietor of any lot, or his agent, shall refuse to furnish
such plat, they may take such testimony as they may think
necessary to define the limits and directions of such streets and
alleys, and lay out and open the same as efleotually as if they
had such plats.

196. The expense of laying out and opening any street or
alley in said town shall be paid out of the funds of the corpora-
tion not appropriated, or by the parties petitioning for the same,