1608 ARTICLE 6.

bailiff shall furnish to such person an account showing the aggregate of
his tax, or if he be absent, deliver the same at the place of his last resi-
dence, and unless the same be paid to the bailiff within thirty days after
such account shall have been delivered, the bailiff may seize and sell the
property assessed, or if the same be goods and chattels and cannot be
found as conveniently, may seize and sell any other of the goods and
chattels, land or tenements of the person or persons so refusing or neglect-
ing to pay, after giving at least twenty clays' notice of the time and place
of sale by written or printed handbills, set up in two public places in said
town or printed in some newspaper published there.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 25.

263. Any person who shall pay his or her taxes levied as aforesaid
within thirty days after the tax list is placed in the hands of the bailiff
for collection, shall be entitled to a discount of five per centum thereon,
which discount shall be allowed to the bailiff in his settlement with the
Commissioners.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 26.

264. All taxes as aforesaid shall bear interest after four mouths from
the date when the tax list is placed in ibe hands of the bailiff for collection,
and the bailiff or collector shall pay over any levy placed in his hands
within nine months after receipt of said list, and upon his failure to do so
his bond shall be put in suit.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 27.

265. The said Commissioners may pass such bv-laws and ordinances
as they shall deem necessary for the good government of said town and the
inhabitants thereof; and also for the prevention, removal or abatement of
nuisances, and to prevent swine, geese, fowls and animals or stock from
going at large; apprehend and fine all tramps and vagabonds; for con-
trolling the erection and location of buildings, fences, stock enclosures;
and for prohibiting and controlling the use of powder firearms, fire crackers
and other explosives; for the protection of public property, sidewalks,
shade or ornamental trees from injury or obstructions; providing for the
paving of sidewalks and assessing the expenses thereof in whole or in part
upon the respective owners of the property fronting thereon; for the
license or tax on public exhibition or amusements of all kinds, billiard,
pool or bagatelle tables and tenpin alleys and for the collection of the same;
for a tax on persons for each dog kept by them and to cause any dog
to be killed; for the promotion of morality, health, convenience and safety
of the inhabitants of said town; and for the opening, extending, widening,
repairing, improvement and the closing up of streets, lanes and alleys of
said town; and all damages done and all benefits received by the opening,
closing, extending, widening or improving of said streets, lanes or alleys
shall be determined and assessed by three disinterested persons, residents
of said town, to be appointed by said Commissioners, who shall, within a
reasonable time after notification of their appointment, take an oath before