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also have power to impose tax
with their discretion, on all sales
made by itinerant traders and auc'
tioreers, on all public drays, wagons,
carriages, omnibuscs, or other vehicles
kept for hire, and on tho owner or
possessor of all dogs, hogs, sheep,
goats and cattle kept within tho cor
porate limits OF said town, The said
Town Council shall have power to i'm,
pose an annual tax on the amount OF
all sales Of goods, wares, merchan-
disc, and also on the amount of in
come arising from all factorage and
mechanical cmployments, faculties
and professions, including the profes-
sion of dentistry. Provided, that no
tax shall be imposed in any one year
to exceed the rate of twenty cents on
each hundred dollars of the value OF
such sales and income; and the said
to impose u tax upon all persons who
shall open any room or car for the
purpose of taking daguerreotypes or
other likcncsses, within tho corporate
limits of said town; and the said
Town Council shall have the power to
impose an annual tax, not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred dol
lars Of the value Of all real estate ly-
ing within the corporate limits OF
said town, tho real estate Of churches
and school associations excepted, and
for that purpose they shall appoint
three frceholders resident therein, to
assess the value of said real estate
upon oath, and return the assessment,
within one month, to said Council for
taxation, and to fill any vacancy oc-
casioned by the death, resignation,
refusal to serve. or removal from
Office of the said assessors; aud any
person who shall refuse to act as As
SCISSOR, upon being appointed by the
Council, may be fined any sum not
exceeding twenty dollars; and the
said Council shall have power to reg.
ulate the price of license upon all
public shows and exhibitions in said
town, and to erect a powder maya
zine, and to compel any person hold
ing more than twenty-five pounds OF
powder to store the same therein. and
to make regulations for rates or stor-
age thereof, and for keeping and de-
livering the same and the said Tow"
Council shall have power to enforce
the payment Of all taxes levied under
authority of this Act against the
property and persons of defaulters, to
the same extent and in the same
manner, as is provided by law for the
collection Of the general State tax, ex-
ccdt that executions to enforce the
payment of the Town taxes shall be
issued under the seal Of the copora-
ton, and directed to the Town Mar
sbal. or other person specially ap-
pointed by the said Town Council to
collect the same; and all property
upon which a tax shall be levied and
assessed is hereby declared and liable
for the payment Of the same in pref
crence to ether debts due by the per-
cons owning euch property ut the
time Of the assessment, except debts
due the State, which shall be trs!
paid that the said Town Council
shall have power, with the consent Of
The adjacent land owners, to close all
such roads, streets and ways within
the said town, as they may deem ne.
cssary, by sale Of tie freehold therein
either at public or private sale, as
they adjudge best for the interest Of
the said town; and they shall have
power to lay out, adopt, oren and
keep in repair all such new streets,
roads and ways, from time to time as
they may deem important or necas-
sary for the improvement Of said
town: Provided that no new street.
road or way shall be opened without
first having obtained the consent OF
t1e land owner or owners through
whose premises any such new street,
road or way may pass.
SEC. 9. That this Act shall be
taken and deemed u public Act in all
Courts Of Justice, and shall continue
SO until repealed.
Approved March IL, 1872.