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owner of every bitch within the town, and they shall cause to be
killed every dog and bitch whose owner shall refuse to pay such
tax, or who shall fail to do so within one month from the time he
shall be notified to pay the same.

1886, ch. 301.

84. They may cause each male inhabitant of said town, of
twenty-one years of age and upwards, to work in the streets, lanes
and alleys of said town, under the supervision of the bailiff, one
day in each year; and if any person as aforesaid, after having
been summoned in writing one day previous to the day appointed
by the bailiff for working the streets, lanes or alleys, shall fail to
appear or provide some person in his stead, he shall, on convic-
tion before a justice of the peace, be fined one dollar and costs;
and in case of failure or refusal to pay the same, he shall be
committed for a period not exceeding two days, to the public jail
or town lock-up; and the bailiff shall receive for his services
under this section not exceeding one dollar per day that he is
actually engaged in working on said streets, lanes and alleys.

Ibid.

85. They may annually levy a tax, for the expenses of the
corporation, upon the taxable property within the town limits, real
and personal, except public and private securities and book
accounts and such property as may be occupied by churches and
public schools, and the same shall be collected by a collector
appointed by the said mayor and common council for the purpose,
whose compensation for collecting said taxes shall not exceed five
per centum thereof, and who shall give bond in such amount as
they shall prescribe, and hold his office during their pleasure; and
the collector, in collecting the taxes, shall have the same power of
distraint for the same that the collectors of State and county
taxes have; but the tax shall not exceed ten cents on the one
hundred dollars in any one year.

Ibid.

86. The basis of taxation, until a new assessment shall be made
as provided in the succeeding section, shall be the assessment now
existing.