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May pass
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the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town, the width
thereof, and prescribe the material of which they shall be
built; to cause the sidewalks along said public streets to be
graded, paved, repaired or improved, and curbs to be set at the
cost and expense of the owners of the abutting property,
which cost shall be a lien on the abutting propertv and recover-
able by action at law, or compel by fines or otherwise the
owners or proprietors of any such lot or lots to grade, pave or
repave the sidewalks, set curbs in front thereof agreeably to
ordinances that may hereafter be passed; to provide for and
regulate the issuing of licenses or permits for all hawking,
peddling and the vending of any goods, wares or merchandise
of every description upon the streets or highways of said town,
or to itinerant pedlars that go from house to house to sell
their goods, wares or merchandise, or to itinerant persons who
dispose patent medicines or medical advice; to provide for
and regulate licenses or permits for all exhibitions and shows
within said town, or to prohibit and restrain them, and to pro-
hibit and restrain gambling and games of chance of all kinds ;
to regulate and provide for a tax on dogs; to provide for and
prevent the running at, large of all horses, cattle, hogs, geese,
chickens and other fowls, upon the street or within the limits
of the said town; to provide by ordinance for condemning,
laying out, opening, extending and making new streets or
alleys and for altering, straightening, widening, grading, im-
proving or closing up, in whole or in part, any existing street
or alley, and for removing trees, posts and other obstructions,
and for laying out public squares, drains, water courses, and all
benefits or damages done, suffered or incurred by laying out,
opening and making out new streets or alleys, or by altering,
straightening, widening, grading, improving or closing up, in
whole or in part, any existing street, or laying out public
squares, drains and water courses shall be determined and
assessed by three disinterested persons, residents of said town,
appointed by the Mayor and approved by the council, who
shall, within ten days after ratification of their appoint-
ment, take an oath before a justice of the peace of
Worcester county that they will faithfully and fairly and
without partiality or prejudice, value and assess the loss
and damages to be suffered and incurred by any person, or
persons interested in the said property oyer, through and by
which the said street or alley, square drain or water-way is to
be opened, closed, extended, widened, graded or improved, and
also to estimate the benefit that may accrue therefrom to any
such property over, through and by which the said street or alley,
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