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Appoint
three exam-
iners.
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SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That whenever they shall pass
an ordinance to open, widen, or alter a public street, they shall
immediately appoint three examiners, who shall be voters and
freeholders in said town, who, after giving two weeks' notice of
their appointment and place of meeting, shall go upon the
streets so proposed to be opened, widened or altered, and shall
cause the same to be surveyed and located by a competent sur-
veyor, and shall estimate the damages to the persons over
whose land the proposed street passes, or whose land is in any
way affected by the proposed opening, widening or alteration,
and shall return an account of their proceeding under their
hands to the said Council, who, before actually opening, wid-
ening, or altering any street, shall pay or tender to the persons,
his agent, guardian, or representative, the amount of damages
so awarded ; and if any person shall feel himself aggrieved oy
the award of said examiners he may take an appeal to the Cir-
cuit Court for Worcester county within sixty days after said
award is returned to the said examiners ; and the said Council
shall thereupon file the said return in . the office of the clerk
of the Circuit Court for said county, and the court shall, at the
next term thereafter, hear and determine upon the said award,
and may either reduce or enlarge the damages so assessed, or
affirm the said award, and upon such appeal either party shall
be entitled to a trial by jury, but nothing herein shall prevent
or hinder the said Mayor and City Council from opening,
altering or widening any public streets, lanes or alleys, with
the consent of the owner of the land which shall be taken for
said purposes, and to agree and pay said owner a reasonable
sum therefor.
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Levy a tax on
the owners
of dogs.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That they may provide for
levying and collecting an annual tax of fifty cents on the owner
of every dog and one dollar on the owner of every bitch
within the said town, and the killing of every dog or bitch
whose owner cannot be ascertained, or whose owner shall refuse
to pay said tax within one month from the time such owners
shall be notified.
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Tax to be
levied.
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SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That they may annually levy a
tax for the expenses of the corporation, upon the taxable prop-
erty, real and personal, within the town limits, except public
and private securities and book accounts ; and the same shall
be collected by a collector appointed for the purpose, whose
compensation for collecting said taxes shall not exceed five per
centum, and who shall give bond in such amount as they shall
prescribe, with sureties to be approved by them, and hold his
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