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Power to pass
ordinances
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cleanliness, health, safety, peace and good order of the
is town, and to protect the lives and property of the citi-
zens thereof; (16) to punish and suppress vagrancy, gam-
bling and the sale or giving away of spirituous or fermented
liquors or lager beer or intoxicating drinks of any kind within
the limits of said town ; (17) to purchase, receive and hold such
real and personal property as may be necessary or proper for
municipal purposes, and to control, dispose of and convey the
same for the benefit of the town ; also to establish a market
and to regulate the same, and to license the sale of marketable
commodities ; (18) they shall also have power to provide for
the codification of all' ordinances of said town, and to cause the
same to be printed, together with the charter of the town ; (19)
and to suppress, abate and discontinue all nuisances within the
corporate limits of said town, and, for the purpose of carrying
out all the aforegoing powers, they may pass all ordinances,
from time to time, necessary, and to ensure the observance of
said ordinances, they may affix thereto reasonable fines, not
exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as to them shall 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, in the town lock up or county jail,
or until the tine and costs be paid. All ordinances and resolu-
tions now in force, and not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, shall remain in force until altered or repealed by com-
petent authority. No provisions of this Act shall affect any
right, lien or liability subsisting at the date of its passage.
19. The Council, whenever they think the public interest re-
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Assessment
to be made.
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quires it, may cause an assessment to be made of all real and
personal property within the corporate limits of said town, sub-
ject to assessment for State and county taxes, and they may
prescribe the manner in which such assessment shall be made,
and provide for the adjustment of all differences in relation to
such assessment, and do all other things necessary in making
such assessment ; and the Council may levy a tax on all prop-
erty, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said
town that may be assessed for State and county taxes, not
exceeding in any one year sixty cents in the one hundred
dollars' worth of assessable property.
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Appeal may
be taken.
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20. Any person may appeal from the valuation made by the
assessor to the Council at their next regular meeting, and such
Council shall remain in session as long as may be necessary to
hear and determine such appeals, and shall give reasonable
notice of such meeting, and may abate or increase the assess-
ment as may seem just.
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