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and shall prohibit the construction and maintenance of privy sinks, cess-
pools or other depositories of filth within the corporate limits.

1896, ch. 450, sec. 18.

357. They may adopt suitable measures for the removal of sewerage
and garbage, or they may appoint, annually, a scavenger, and prescribe his
duties and fix his compensation, which shall be paid by special tax for
that purpose, to be imposed on the owners of the respective buildings, and
collected therefrom; and the same shall be a lien on said property and
collected as other taxes are collected; and the council may pass suitable
ordinances to enable such scavenger to collect and remove all filth from the
town, and provide how he shall dispose of the same, and may require of
such scavenger a bond for the faithful performance of his duties; pro-
vided, that the special tax imposed to carry out the provisions of this
section shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five cents per month on any
private house, to be paid by the owner thereof as aforeesaid.

1896, ch. 450, sec. 19. 1920, ch. 242, sec. 19.

358. The said Council, as often as they shall deem it advisable, shall
cause an assessment to be made of all the real and personal property
within said town or the corporate limits thereof, which assessment shall
not exceed the assessment of the same for the county purposes, and the
Council shall levy a tax thereon not exceeding one dollar on the one hun-
dred dollars' worth of assessable property in any one year.

1896, ch. 450, sec. 20.

359. The said Council shall meet on the first Monday in June after
said assessment, to hear any person feeling themselves aggrieved by such
assessment, and shall increase or abate any such assessment as they may
deem just.

1896, ch. 450, sec. 21. 1902, ch. 592, sec. 21. 1920, ch. 242, sec. 21.

360. Whenever the Council shall levy a tax they shall cause to be
made out an alphabetical list of the persons charged thereon and shall
cause to be affixed the respective sums to be collected from such persons
and issue a warrant to the Treasurer to collect the same.

1896, ch. 450, sec. 22. 1902, ch. 592, sec. 22. 1920, ch. 242, sec. 22.

361. The Treasurer, within ten days after the receipt of such list and
warrant, shall render to each person named therein an account or tax bill
showing the amount due from him, if he be a resident of the town, and if
he be a non-resident and in consequence cannot be conveniently served with
said account or tax bill, he shall mail a copy thereof to the last known
postoffice address of said non-resident, and all taxes levied by said Council
for the general purposes of the town shall be a lien on the property from
the date of the levy of the party or parties against whom said tax may be
charged, and if any taxes shall not be paid on or before the first day of
January after the rendition of the said account, the said Treasurer shall