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disturbances; prevent all congregations of disorderly persons in
public places; apprehend and fine all tramps and vagabonds;
impose a tax on dogs, geese, hogs and other animals running at
large in the streets, or totally prohibit the same; and may impose
fines, penalties and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances, and
commit all offenders to the county jail until the same be paid,
with costs.

1888, ch. 325.

104. They may pass such ordinances as they may deem neces-
sary to preserve the health of the town, and remove all nuisances,
from or prohibit all business within the corporate limits thereof
as shall in their opinion injuriously affect the sanitary condition,
of said town.

Ibid

105. They may, as often as they may deem advisable, cause
an assessment to be made of all the real and personal property
within said town, or the corporate limits thereof, by their clerk,
which assessment shall not exceed the assessment of the same
for county purposes, and the commissioners may levy a tax
thereon not exceeding ten cents in the hundred dollars worth of
assessable property.

Ibid.

106. Any person may appeal from the valuation of the assessor
to the commissioners, who shall meet on the first Monday of
June after any such assessment, and remain in session as long as.
may be necessary then, and determine such appeals; and shall
give reasonable notice of any such meeting, and may increase or
abate such assessment as they may deem best.

Ibid.

107. Whenever the commissioners shall levy a tax they shall
cause to be made out an alphabetical list of the persons charged
therein, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the respective sums to
be collected from such persons, and a warrant to the bailiff to col-
lect the same.

Ibid.

108 The bailiff shall, within ten days after the receipt of
said list and warrant, render to each person an account or tax