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real and personal property actually within the limits of said town to such
an amount as may, from time to time, be deemed necessary for general and
special purposes, not exceed fifty cents on a hundred dollars of the taxable
propertv in said town in any one year; and the Council shall make and
declare a levy at its regular meeting in July in each year or as soon as the
county assessment for the year shall have been secured, and the items
entered into such levy shall be published for the information of the tax-
payers of said town, and the levy shall be a lien on any and all property
of the persons against whom they are levied, the collection of which may
be enforced in the same manner in which liens for county taxes are now
enforceable by law, or the said taxes may be collected from the persons
chargeable therewith by suit at law in the name of the Mayor and Council,
and interest shall be charged on all taxes, that are not paid within thirty
days of the levy; and when any property lies partly within and partly
without the limits of the town the Council shall have authority to assess
the part within the limits of said town at a proper proportion of the county
valuation.

NOT TO HOLD Two OFFICES OK BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.

1906, ch. 382, sec. 184A8.

472. No member of the Council shall during his term of office hold or
be interested in any other office under the corporation, except that one of
the Council shall be elected at the first meeting in every term to be a mem-
ber of the board of health, for which office there shall be no compensation,
nor shall any member of the Council be a party, directly or indirectly,
to any contract in which the corporation is interested.

QUORUM.

1906, ch. 382, sec. 184A9.

473. A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. All salaries and compensation of
officers, agents and servants of the corporation not herein provided for shall
be fixed by the Council. No money shall be payable on any bill or order
unless first audited and accepted by the Council, and any order drawn
upon the treasurer shall so state, with the date of passage by the Council

GENERAL POWERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

1906, ch. 382, sec. 184A10. 1908, ch. 629, sec. 184A10 (p. 332). 1920, ch. 281
474. The Mayor and Council of Midland shall have power to pass all
ordinances necessary for the welfare and good government of the town;
to prevent, remove and abate all nuisences or obstructions in or on the
streets, highways, lanes, or other public places in said town and to pre-
vent, remove and abate all nuisances of whatsoever kind and wheresoever
situated within the corporate limits of said town; to make reasonable