WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 343

	SEC. 12. And be it enacted,, That the said com-
	missioners may provide for levying and collecting
	an annual tax of fifty cents on the owner of every
	dog, and one dollar on the owner of every bitch,	Dog tax.
	within the said town, and the killing of every dog
	and bitch whose owner cannot be ascertained, or
	whose owner shall refuse to pay, or who shall fail to
	do so within one month from the time he shall be
	notified.
	SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the said com-
	missioners may cause each male inhabitant of said	Work in the
	town, of twenty-one years of age and upwards, to	streets.
	work in the streets, lanes and alleys of said town,
	under the supervision of the bailiff, at least two days
	in each year, and as much oftener as they may deem
	necessary, not exceeding four days in one year ; and
	if any persons, as aforesaid, after having been sum-
	moned in writing one day previous to the day ap-
	pointed by the bailiff for working the streets shall
	fail to appear or provide some one in his stead, the
	said person shall, upon conviction before a justice of
	the peace, be fined two dollars ; and the bailiff shall	May be fined.
	receive for his services under this section not exceed-
	ing one dollar per day that he is actually engaged
	in working said streets.
	SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
	may annually levy a tax for the expenses of the cor-	Levy tax.
	poration upon the taxable property within the town
	limits, real and personal, except public and private
	securities and book accounts, and the same shall be
	collected by a collector appointed by the said commis-
	sioners for the purpose, whose compensation for col-
	lecting said taxes shall not exceed five per centum, and
	who shall give bond in such amount as they shall
	prescribe, and hold his office during their pleasure ;
	and the said collector, in collecting the said taxes,
	shall have full power to distrain for the same in the	Power to dis-
	same manner as the collectors of State and county	train.
	taxes now do, but the said tax shall not exceed sev-
	enty-five cents on the one hundred dollars for any
	one year.
	SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the basis of tax-	Basis of taxa-
	ation, until a new assessment shall be made as here-	tion.