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CHAP. 560
General
powers
granted.
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streets, lanes or public alleys of said town without such con-
sent of the Mayor and Council of Glen Echo shall be deemed
a nuisance. (30) The Council shall have the power to
authorize the removal or confinement of such persons having
infectious or pestilential diseases, or insane paupers. (31)
The Council shall have the power to pass such ordinances
as may be necessary for the protection, maintenance and
preservation of the water supply of the town. (32) The
Council shall have the power to provide for the punishment
of any person or persons keeping a vicious or annoying dog
and to provide for the killing of any such dog or dogs.
(33) The Council shall have the power to provide for the
lights of the town at the public expense.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the Council may adopt
suitable measures for the removal of sewerage and garbage
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Authority
given to for
the removal
of sewerage
and garbage.
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and fix the amount to be paid therefor, which shall be paid
by a special tax for that purpose to be imposed on the occu-
pants of the respective buildings, and collected therefrom ;
provided, that the owners of said property shall be responsi-
ble for said tax in case the same cannot be collected from
the occupants of the building, 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 the
proper officers to collect and remove all filth from the town,
provide for the disposal thereof; a special tax may be
imposed to carry out the provisions of this section, not
exceeding the sum of fifty cents per month on any one house,
to be paid by the owner or occupants thereof.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That on or before the 1st
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Assessors to be
appointed
and tax to be
levied.
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day of June, 1906, and each third year thereafter, the Mayor,
with the consent, advice and approval of the Council, shall
appoint three assessors, freeholders of said town, who shall,
under the direction of said Council, make an assessment of
all property, real, personal and mixed, in said town, at a
fair cash value, at public sale, as near as they may be able
to determine the same, and the Council shall immediately
thereupon levy a tax thereon not exceeding fifty cents on the
hundred dollars' worth of assessable property in any one
year; and all taxes so levied shall be a lien on any and all
property of the person or persons against whom they may
be levied; and any person may appeal from the valuation of
said assessors to the Council, which shall meet on the third
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