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and paved, with such materials as they shall think best, and the
same shall be done at the expense of the proprietors of the lots
or property in front of which the same shall be directed to be made.

P L. L., (1860,) art. 7, sec. 135.

109. If the owner of any house, lot, or part of lot, shall not
reside in said town, the tenant or person occupying the same shall,
when directed by the burgess and commissioners, level and pave
in front of the same; and the money expended by such tenant or
other person, in obedience to the ordinance and direction of the
burgess and commissioners, shall be allowed by the owner and
deducted out of the rents then due or to become due.

Ibid. sec. 136.

110. If any owner or tenant of any house, lot, or part of a lot,
or the person having care of the same, shall refuse or neglect to
level, pave or repair the footways in front thereof according to
the ordinance and direction of the commissioners, the burgess and
commissioners may contract with some person at a fair price to
level, repair and pave the same and charge the expense thereof to
the owner of such property, and may recover the same with costs
by distress on the property.

Ibid. sec. 137.

111. No new pavement shall be made under the three preced-
ing sections until a majority of two-thirds of the resident lot
owners shall signify their concurrence in writing.

Ibid. sec. 138.

112. Any person may make pavements at any time, so they
be made in accordance with some general plan to be laid down by
the corporation.

1873, ch. 158.

113. The burgess and commissioners may make and enforce
all such by-laws, regulations and ordinances, not contrary to law,
as they may deem wise, equitable and expedient for the comfort,
health and convenience and prosperity of the town and its inhabi-
tants ; for the prevention and removal of nuisances, preservation
of health, and suppression of vice and immorality within its limits;