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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. 14. And be it enacted, That the public grounds
in said town shall be vested in said commissioners	Public
so far as to preserve the same and prevent depre- dations thereon, and that they may erect a pump	grounds — how vested.
thereon, if they think proper, and that the entire
care, control and custody of the public streets,
lanes and alleys, shall also be vested in the said
commissioners.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners shall cause each male inhabitant of said	Cause male
town, of twenty-one years of age and upwards, to	inhabitants to
work on the streets, lanes and alleys of said town,	work on pub-
under the supervision of the bailiff, at least two	lic streets
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 summoned, in writing, one day previ-
ous to the day appointed by the bailiff1 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 receive for his services under
this section, not exceeding one dollar per day that
he is actually engaged in working said streets.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That whenever the
said commissioners shall pass an ordinance to open,	Open find
widen or alter a public street, they shall immedi-	widen public
ately appoint three examiners, who shall be voters	streets.
and freeholders in said town, who, after giving
two weeks' notice of their appointment and their
place of meeting, shall go upon the street so pro-
posed to be opened or widened or altered, and
shall cause the same to be surveyed and located
by a competent surveyor, and shall estimate the
damages to the persons over whose land the pro-
posed street passes, or whose land is any way
affected by the proposed opening, widening or
alteration, and shall return an account of their