of this article, and may assess and levy the damages
and expenses thereof generally upon the whole of
the assessable property of said town, or specially
upon the assessable property of persons benefited
thereby.
160. The said President and Commissioners shall
have full power to pave the sidewalks of the streets
of said town, and to renew and repair the pavements
upon said sidewalks whenever, in their judgment,
the same shall be necessary, and may assess and levy,
in their discretion, not exceeding two-thirds of the
expenses thereof, as a tax upon the land fronting on
the sidewalk which shall be paved, or upon which
the pavement shall he removed or repaved, so that
each lot of land may be charged with the payment
of not exceeding two-thirds of the expense of paving
the side-walk or renewing or repairing the pavement
immediately in front thereof, and upon the same side
of the street on which said lot is situated; and the
residue of said expense, or the, whole thereof, as the
case may be, shall be levied generally upon the
assessable property of said town. They shall also
have power to pave that portion of the streets of said
town not covered by the sidewalks, and so assess
and levy, not exceeding two-thirds of the cost thereof,
in equal proportions, upon the lots fronting upon
that part of the street so paved, on each side thereof,
rateable, according to the number of front feet, and
the remaining part, or all, as the case may be, of the
cost, they shall levy upon the general assessable
property of said town. They shall also have power
to make culverts under the streets in said town, and
to make culverts or drains across the property lying
on the westerly side of Main street, so as to carry the
water from said street into the Susquehanna River,
and in case they shall fail to agree with the owners
of the property through which the culverts or drains
are to he made, or said owners shall he incompetent
to contract, or reside out of Cecil county, then the
land necessary for the construction of said culverts
or drains shall be condemned as provided in section
one hundred and fifty-nine of this article.
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Pave side-
walks.
Levy a tax
therefor.
To pave por-
tions of
streets.
To make cul-
verts and
drains-
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