LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

of, as shall, in their opinion, injuriously affect the sanitary
condition thereof.

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SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That they shall have
full power to regulate privies, and direct the character of
boxes or other fixtures for them, and the mode in which they
shall be emptied and contents removed, and the disposition
made thereof, and shall prohibit the construction and mainte-
nance of privy sinks, cesspools or other depositories of filth
within the corporate limits.

May regulate
privies.

SEC. 18. And le it further enacted, That they may adopt
suitable measures for the removal of sewerage and garbage,
or they may appoint, annually, a scavenger, and prescribe his
duties and fix his compensation, which shall be paid by special
tax for that purpose, to be imposed on the owners of the re-
spective buildings, and collected therefrom; and the same
shall be a lien on said property and collected as other taxes
are collected; and the council may pass suitable ordinances to
enable such scavenger to collect and remove all tilth from the
town, and provide how he shall dispose of the same, and may
require of such scavenger a bond for the faithful performance
of his duties; provided, that the special tax imposed to carry
out the provisions of this section shall not exceed the sum of
twenty-five cents per month on any private house, to be paid
by the owner thereof as aforesaid.

Removal of
garbage.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That the said council as
often as they deem advisable, cause an assessment to be made
of all the real and personal property within said town or the
corporate limits thereof, which assessment shall not exceed the
assessment of the same for the county purposes, and the coun-
cil a tax thereon not exceeding fifty cents on the one hundred
dollars worth of assessable property in any one year.

Assessment
of property.

SEC. 20. And le it further enacted, That the said council
shall meet on the first Monday in June after said assessment, to
hear any person feeling themselves aggrieved by such asess-
ment, and shall increase or abate any such assessment as they
may deem just.

Appeals from
assessment.

SEC. 21. And le it further enacted, That whenever the
council shall levy a tax, they shall cause to be made out an al-
phabetical list of the persons charged thereon, and shall cause
to be affixed the respective sums to be collected from such per-
sons, and issue a warrant to the chief bailiff to collect the
same.

List of tax-
payers.