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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1876
Volume 199, Page 81   View tiff image (57K)
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JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR, 81

SEC. 327. The said burgess and commissioners
may appoint a collector of taxes for the said town,
who shall have the same power to destrain and sell
as collectors of county taxes have, and shall receive
such compensation for his services as the said corpor-
ation may deem just; who shall give bond with ap-
proved security to the said corporation for the prompt
and faithful discharge of his duties.

Appoint
Collector.

SEC. 328. The said burgess and commissioners
may annually lay an equal tax on all the property
within the limits of said town, and which is taxed by
the State and county for the ordinary uses of the said
corporation, not to exceed in amount twenty-five
cents on each hundred dollars worth of -taxable pro-
perty, and they may also, not oftener than once a

Lay a tax.

year, levy an additional tax not to exceed twenty-
five cents on every hundred dollars worth of taxable
property, to be set apart and expended under their
direction, exclusively to the repair and improvement
of the streets and alleys of the said town.

Levy an addi-
tional tax.

SEC. 329. Whenever a majority of the property
holders on any one street or square of a street in said
town shall determine to have said street or square
macadamized, paved or otherwise improved, and
shall certify the same in writing to the burgess and
commissioners, the said burgess and commissioners
shall cause the same to be done, and may levy an ad
valorem tax on all the real and leasehold estate on
said street or square, for such sum as may be neces-
sary to pay for such improvement, to be. collected by
the town collector the same as other town taxes are
collected.

Pave streets

Sue. 330. The burgess and commissioners may
. direct by ordinance all or any of the foot ways in the
said town to be levelled and paved, or mended and
repaired with any materials they may think proper,
and the same shall be done at the expense of the
owners of the different lots in front of which the
same shall be done, and the costs thereof shall be
collected the same as other town taxes are collected.

Pave & repair
streets, &c.

SEC. 331. The burgess and commissioners may
keep the streets and alleys in said town in repair
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Keep in repair



 

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