ART. 12.] OAKLAND. 1277

1880, ch. 890.

179. No person elected and qualified as mayor or member of"
the council shall, during the time for which he was elected, hold
any other office of profit or trust created or to be created by the:
mayor and council of Oakland, or by any law relating to said
town, or hold any -employment or position, the compensation of
which shall be paid directly or indirectly out of the town
treasury; nor shall any such person be interested either directly
or indirectly in any contract to which the town is a party; nor
shall it be lawful for any person holding any office under the
town, to be interested, while holding such office, in any contract to
which the town is a party.

1878, ch. 108.

180. All elections shall be held and conducted as shall from,
time to time be directed by the by-laws of the corporation, not.
inconsistent with this sub-title of this article.

1886, ch. 390.

181. The mayor and council may from time to time cause an
assessment to be made of all the property, real and personal, in.
the town, by three persons appointed by them; and any person
may appeal from the valuation made by said assessors, to the
council; and said council shall meet on the first Monday in June
in each year, and remain in session one day, or longer if necessary,
for the purpose of hearing and determining such appeals, due
notice of such meeting having first been given; and they may, at
such meeting, after examining the party appealing, or any other
person, on oath, touching the particular value of the property
assessed, reduce or increase the assessment as may seem just.

Ibid.

182. "Whenever they shall levy a tax, an alphabetical list of"
the persons chargeable therewith shall be prepared, setting out.
the respective sums to be collected from each person; and
annexed to said list shall be a warrant to the bailiff or collector
to collect the same, and he, within ten days after the receipt of
such warrant and list, shall render to each person named therein,
an account of his tax, and unless the same be paid within thirty