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corporation, to be by them appropriated for the improvement of roads within the limits of said corporation.
Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That the Commis- sioners may by ordinance provide for levying and collecting annually a tax of fifty cents on every dog, and one dollar on every hitch, within said	Tax on dogg.
town; and the killing of every dog and bitch, whose owner shall refuse to pay said tax, or who shall fail to do so within one month from the time he or she shall be called upon to do so.	Killed if not paid.
Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That the Commis- sioners may, by ordinance, prohibit the firing of guns and pistols in said town, and may prohibit the tumultuous and irregular meetings of idle and dissolute persons, and shall give general directions to the bailiff to disperse the same by fair and law- ful means.	Prohibitory law.
Sec. 22. And be it enacted, That said Commis- sioners may pass ordinances to prevent horses and swine from running at large within the limits of said town.	Not to run at large.
Sec. 23. And be it enacted, That no person shall permit his or her hog or hogs to run at large within the limits of said town, and if any hog or hogs shall be found running at large therein, the bailiff shall forthwith seize and impound the same, and shall immediately give notice thereof by pub-	Bailiff to im- pound.
lic advertisement, and if the owner shall not, within three days thereafter, pay said bailiff fifty cents for every day of impounding any hog, the bailiff shall sell the same at public sale, and after deducting one dollar for every hog, shall pay the purchase money to the Treasurer of said town.	Penalty.
Sec. 24. And be it enacted, That on the same day on which Commissioners are to be collected under this Act, and on every first Monday in April in each and every year thereafter, one per- son, a legal voter in said town, shall be elected by a majority of the voters of said town as Treasurer of said Corporation, whose duty it shall be to keep an account of the receipts and disbursements of the funds of the Corporation in a well-bound book, to be provided by the Commissioners for that purpose, and shall annually render to the	Election of Treasurer.