ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

house or lock-up for the temporary confinement
of the violators of the laws and ordinances of

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the town ; provided that the county jail shall be
used for such purposes until said council shall
deem it advisable to establish and regulate said
station-house or lock-up ; to levy a tax and im-
pose a license upon dogs or other animals, or
fowls running at large ; and to regulate and con-
trol all offensive trades, manufactures and
traffic in offensive fertilizers or other commodi-
ties ; and to prohibit hog-pens or slaughter-
houses within the town limits. And for the pur-
pose of carrying out the foregoing powers, and

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for the preservation of the cleanliness, health,
peace and good order of the community, and for
the protection of the lives and property of the
citizens, and to suppress, abate or discontinue,
or cause to be suppressed, abated or discontin-
ued all nuisances within the corporate limits of
said town, they may pass all ordinances or by-
laws, from time to time, necessary ; and to in-
sure the observance of such ordinances, in ad-
dition to the action of debt, or such other civil
remedies as may exist in such cases by law for
the recovery of the penalities thereunto affixed,
they may affix thereto such reasonable fines, not
exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as to them
may appear right, and in default of the payment
of any fine imposed they may provide for the
imprisonment of the offender for a period not
exceeding thirty days, or until the fine is paid.
13. The council may, whenever they think the

May impose
fines.

public interest requires it, cause an assessment
to be made of all real and personal property
within the corporate limits of said town, subject
to assessment f or county or state taxes, and they
may prescribe the manner in which such assess-
ment shall be made, and provide for adjusting
all differences in relation to such assessment,
and do all other things necessary for making
such assessment, provided such assessment shall

Assessments.

not exceed the assessment for state and county
purposes ; and provided further, that no land in-
cluded within the corporate limits or corporate
outlines of said town, except houses and gardens,
shall be taxed for corporation purposes so long
as said land shall be used for agricultural pur-

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