992 DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10.

1883, ch. 316.

71. Any person who shall pay his taxes, levied as aforesaid,
within thirty days after the tax list is placed in the hands of the
bailiff for collection, shall be entitled to a discount of five per
cent, thereon, which discount shall be allowed to the bailiff in his
settlement with the commissioners.

Ibid.

72. All taxes levied as aforesaid shall bear interest after four
months from the date when the tax list is placed in the hands of
the bailiff for collection, and the bailiff shall collect and pay over
any levy placed in his hands within four months after the receipt
of said warrant and list, and upon his failure to do so his bond
shall at once be put in suit.

Ibid

73. The tenant or occupant of any house or parcel of land in
said town shall be chargeable with the taxes thereon, and may
collect the same from the owner, or deduct the same from the
rent due, or to become due, and shall be entitled to a credit to
.that extent on his rent.

Ibid.

74. The said commissioners may assess and ievy a tax not
exceeding two dollars each for any dog belonging to or kept by
any of the inhabitants of the town, to be recovered and collected
as other taxes; and may compel the bailiff to kill any dog within
the town whose owner cannot be ascertained, or whose ostensible
owner shall fail to pay, or evade the payment of the said tax; and
they shall adopt such by-laws as will effectually enforce the pro-
visions of this section.

Ibid.

75. They may cause the streets in the town to be paved when-
ever and in such manner as they may think proper, and may
require the owner of real or leasehold property to pave such part
of the street as may border on his ground or property; and if the
owner of any such property shall refuse or neglect to have the
same paved for a longer time than thirty days after notice thereof
by the bailiff, the commissioners may have the same paved at
his expense, and may collect the cost of such pavement from suck