ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 107. The said burgess and commissioners may

levy a tax upon the assessable property in said town,

not exceeding in any one year twenty-five cents on

each one hundred dollars worth of property; and for

the purpose of making said levy they shall, as they

Levy tax on as-

may deem proper, have power to appoint one or more

sessable prop-
erty.

assessors, who shall, under oath to be administered by

the burgess, value and assess the property of said

town, including all property liable to state and county

taxes, and shall have power to collect the same as other

debts are collected.

SEC. 109. The said burgess and commissioners may

pass all by-laws and ordinances necessary to give effect

and operation to all the powers vested in them here-

under; and the said burgess is hereby empowered to

impose fines for the breach of such by-laws and ordi-

Pass necessary

nances, and may enforce the collection of the same by

by-laws and or-
dinances.

bringing suit in the name of the burgess and commis-

sioners, before any justice of the peace in said county,

in the same manner as small debts are recovered; pro-

vided that there shall be no fine imposed less than one

dollar nor more than twenty dollars.

SEC. 111. If any person shall neglect or refuse to

pay any fine imposed for a violation of any such by-

laws or ordinances, the said burgess is hereby author-

ized to commit such person or persons to the county

Commit for

jail or town lock-up for a space of time not exceeding

violation.

twenty days; or the said burgess shall, in his discre-

tion, cause said party to work out said fine within the

limits of the corporation of said town, and said duties

shall be performed under the supervision of the bailiff,

by direction of the burgess.

SEC. 112. The said burgess and commissioners shall

have power to open and improve any street or alley

within said town included in the original plat of the

town as a street or alley, and to open and improve

any proposed street or alley upon condemnation of

property included within such street or alley, as pro-

Open and im-
prove streets.

vided for by the general law of the state, and to lay

out, level, repair and build sidewalks in said iown,

and direct the materials out of which the same may

be made; and in case the said burgess and commis-

sioners, under the existing ordinances of said town,

shall be compelled to perform said duties for the own-

ers of the different lots bordering on said sidewalks,

in the way of building or repairing the same, and the