ART. 16.] ROCKVILLE. 1541

ment of the streets within the corporate limits of the said town,
and shall order the collector of the fourth collection district to
pay the same to the council for that purpose.

1888, ch. 839.

202. The council may issue certificates of indebtedness, not
exceeding five thousand dollars, but shall make provision for their
payment in accordance with section 200.

Ibid.

203. The council shall have the same powers as are now
exercised by the State board of health of this State, restricted,
however, to the limits of the town.

Ibid.

204. The council shall have full power to regulate privies and
direct the character of boxes or other fixtures for them, and the
mode in which they shall be emptied and their contents removed,
and shall prohibit the construction or maintenance of privy sinks,
cesspools or other depositories for filth, within the corporate limits.

Ibid.

205. The council may appoint annually a scavenger, and pre-
scribe his duties and fix his compensation, which shall be paid by
a special tax for that purpose, to be imposed on the occupants of
the respective buildings, and collected as other taxes are collected;
provided, nevertheless, that the owners of property shall be
responsible for said tax in case the same cannot be collected from
the occupants thereof. And the council may pass suitable ordi-
nances to enable such scavenger to remove all filth from the
town, and may require of such scavenger a bond for the faithful
performance of his duties; provided, however, that said special
tax shall not exceed fifty cents per month on any one house, to
be paid by the owner or occupant thereof as aforesaid.

Ibid.

206. The council may pass suitable ordinances for the pro-
tection of the public buildings, churches, private buildings, trees
and fencing in said town, from defacement or injury.