EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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reason of the residence of the owner therein, shall be taxed
for municipal purpose, and in any case any real estate assessed
for State and county purposes be divided by the town
boundary, the burgess and commissioners of Hancock shall
place a fair valuation upon that part contained within the town
limits, and make a just apportionment of said assessment ;
should any property liable to be taxed for town purposes be
omitted in the county assessment, the said burgess and com-
missioners shall have power to include said property in the
town assessment and impose a just valuation thereou, and
the said burgess and commissioners shall annually levy on
the assessable property of the town all needful taxes not
exceeding an amount of one hundred cents on every one hun-
dred dollars' worth of assessable property for municipal pur-
poses and such further sums that are now or may be hereafter
authorized by law for the liquidation of indebtedness; any
taxes levied in pursuance of the provisions in this section
shall be a lien as now provided by law, and shall be collected
as State and county taxes are collected.
Section 241 F. The burgess and commissioners of Hancock
are hereby authorized and empowered to pass an ordinance

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Taxation of
property.

to regulate, license and tax restaurants, breweries and all
saloons and other places where malt, spirituous and fermented
liquors are sold within the corporate limits of the town of
Hancock; provided, that no smaller sum than twenty-five
dollars and no sum greater than one hundred dollars per
annum be charged for any license; and provided further,
that any ordinance passed in pursuance thereof the penalty
for violation of the same shall not be greater than a fine of
one hundred dollars, or in default of payment thereof con-
finement in the jail of Washington county for a period not
to exceed ninety days.
Section 241 G. The burgess and commissioners shall have
power to pass all ordinances necessary for the good govern-

Ordinance to
regulate
license and
tax saloons,
etc.

ment of the town; to prevent, remove and abate nuisances or
obstructions upon the streets, highways, lanes or alleys,
drains or water courses, or in or upon the lots adjacent
thereto, and to provide for the imposing of a fine upon any
person causing or creating any such nuisance or obstruction ;
to remove, or cause to be removed, houses or other structures
that may be dangerous to persons passing along and over
any of the streets or alleys of the town; to regulate and pro-
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Ordinances for
the good gov-
ernment of
the town.