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shall at all times be open to the inspection of all persons interested, and
copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the most public places of said
town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 283. 1872, ch. 251.

589. The said burgess and commissioners may by ordinances direct all
or any of the footways in said town to be laid out, leveled, mended, and
repaired with any material they shall think best, at the expense of the
proprietors of the different lots in front of which such leveling and paving
shall be done.

P. L. L. 1888, Art,. 22, sec. 284. 1872, ch. 251.

590. If any owner of any house or lot or part of a lot where such
paving or repairing shall be directed to be done, shall not reside in said
town, the tenant or person occupying the said house, lot or part of a lot,
or who shall have the care thereof, shall cause the same to be done; and
the money expended thereon by the direction of the said burgess and com-
missioners shall be allowed by the owner, and deducted from the rent due
or to become due; and if the tenant or person having the care of such
house, lot, or part of a lot, shall refuse or neglect to repair or pave such
footway, such work may be done by the burgess and commissioners, and
the expenses and costs may be recovered by a distress and sale of such
property.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 285. 1872, ch. 251.

591. They may open and lay out streets, lanes and alleys within the
limits of said town whenever a majority of the owners immediately inter-
ested, or touching such streets, lanes or alleys directed to be laid out, shall
petition for the same.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 286. 1872, ch. 251.

592. Upon the receipt of such petition so signed, they shall, upon a
day fixed (of which the parties interested shall have notice) examine the
premises, and if, in their judgment, the street, lane or alley petitioned
for shall be necessary for the convenience of the petitioners, they shall
condemn the same as necessary for the purpose, and carefully ascertain
the advantages and disadvantages incurred by the owners of the property
injured or benefited thereby, and lay the amount of the damage sustained
by each person damaged, and assess the amount of advantage upon the
property of each person benefited thereby, and make a record thereof in
the books of the corporation for the inspection of any person interested.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 287. 1872, ch. 251.

593. Any person may appeal from the decision of the burgess and
commissioners in assessing such advantages, to the circuit court for said
county, within the time allowed by law for appeals from judgments of
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