ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

duty it shall be to preserve the peace and
good order of said town; and for this purpose
he is hereby vested with the same power and

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authority as any constable may now have under
the laws of this state, and shall receive such
compensation for his services as the said mayor
and council shall deem just, and the said mayor
and council may, when they deem it necessary,
appoint additional constables with like au-
thority, at the discretion of said mayor and
council.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the mayor
and council of said town shall have power to
levy and collect taxes in said town, not exceed-
ing in any one year twenty cents on one hun-

Compensation

dred dollars on the assessable property of said
town; and they shall once in five years, or oftener
if they think proper, cause a new assessment of
the real and personal property within the limits
of the town, and for that purpose shall appoint
one of the qualified voters of said town, being a
freeholder therein, to make such assessments,
who, before proceeding in the execution of his
duties, shall take oath of office herein prescribed;
and he shall take as a basis of said assessment
the market value of said property according to
his best skill and judgment; and the said asses-
sor shall return to the said mayor and council a
fair copy of his assessment in a well bound book
within one month after his appointment, and
shall receive for his work as assessor .such com-
pensation as the said mayor and council shall
allow ; and the said mayor and council shall
have power to alter and amend the said assess-

Levy and col-
lect taxes.

ment whenever they think that justice requires
it; and the mayor and council may also appoint
a tax collector, whose duty it shall be to collect
the taxes on said assessment and pay the same
over to the treasurer of said town ; the tax col-
lector, before entering upon the duties of his
office, shall, in addition to taking the usual oath
of office, enter into bond in a sum to be fixed by
the mayor and council with two sureties, who
shall be taxpayers of said town, conditioned to
discharge his duties as tax collector faithfully,
and pay over all moneys which may come into
his hands by virtue of his said office. Said bond
to be approved by the said mayor and council.

Appoint

collector.