HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

days after the tax list is placed in the hands
of the Bailiff for collection, shall be entitled
to a discount of five per centum thereon, which
discount shall be allowed the Bailiff in his
settlement with the Commissioners.

SEC. 25. That all taxes as aforesaid, shall
bear interest after four months from the date
when the tax list is placed in the hands of the

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Bailiff for collection, and the Bailiff or Bailiffs
shall collect and pay over any levy placed in
his or their 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.

SEC. 26. That the tenant or occupant of any
house or parcel of ground in said town shall

Interest.

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 or her rent.

SEC 27. That the said Commissioners may
assess and levy a tax not exceeding two dol-

Taxes.

lars each, for every dog belonging to or kept
by any of the inhabitants of the town, to be
recovered and collected as other taxes, and
shall compel the Bailiff to kill every dog
within the town whose owner cannot be ascer-
tained, or whose ostensible owner shall refuse
or evade the payment of the tax.

SEC. 28. That the said Commissioners shall
have power to charge and collect wharfage for

Dog tax.

the use of the town wharf at such rates as they
may fix upon, and said wharfage shall be col-
lected in the usual manner in which such
charges are collected.

SEC. 29. That the said Commissioners may
cause the streets in said town to be paved
whenever and in such manner as they may
think proper, and may require the owner of
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Wharfage.