FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the preservation of the cleanliness, health, peace and good

order of the community, and for the protection of the lives

and property of the citizens, and to suppress, abate or dis-

continue or cause to be suppressed, abated or discontinued

all nuisances within the corporate limits of said town, they

may pass all ordinances or by-laws from time to time neces-

sary, and to insure the observation of such ordinances, in

addition to any action of debt or such other civil remedies

as may exist in such cases by law for the recovery of the

penalties thereunto affixed, they may affix thereto such

reasonable fines, not exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as

to them may appear right, and in default of the payment of

any fine imposed they may provide for the imprisonment of

the offender for a period not exceeding thirty days, or until

the fine is paid.

SEC. 408. The council may, whenever they think the

public interest requires it, cause an assessment to be made

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of all real and personal property within the corporate limits

assess-
ments

of said town, subject to assessment for county and State

taxes, and they may prescribe the manner in which such

assessment shall be made, and provide for adjusting all

differences in relation to such assessment, and do all other

things necessary in making such assessment for State and

county purposes ; and provided, further, that no land

included within the corporate limits, or corporate outlines

of said town, except houses and gardens, shall be taxed for

corporate purpose so long as said land shall be used for

agricultural purposes ; and the council may levy a tax on

the assessable property withiu the corporate limits of said

town, not exceeding in any one year, thirty cents on the one

hundred dollars' worth of assessable property.

SEC. 409. Any person may appeal from the valuatiou

made by the assessor to the council at their next regular or

Appeals

quarterly meeting, and such council shall remain in session

as long as may be reasonable to hear and determine such

appeals and shall give reasonable notice of such meeting

and may abate or increase the assessment as may seem just.

SEC. 410. Whenever the council shall levy a tax they

shall cause to be made out an alphabetical list of the per-

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sons to be charged therewith, and shall cause to be affixed

list

thereto the respective sums to be collected from each per-

son, and a warrant to the bailiff to collect the same.

SEC. 411. The bailiff appointed by the council may enforce

the payment of corporation taxes in the same manner, and

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payment

with like effect as collectors of State and county taxes may

of taxes.

enforce the payment of State and county taxes.