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shall have power to compound
i with all persons liable to work the
streets, ways and roads in said town
upon such terms as their ordinances OF
bylaws may establish, or their rules
and regulations may require. the mon
ey SO received to be applied to the pub
lie use Of said town and all persons re-
fusing to labor, or failing to pay such
comm utation, shall be liable to such fine
not exceeding twenty dollars for any one
year, as the said Town Council may
! impose.
SEC. s. That they shall have power to
impose an annual tax, not exceeding
fifty cents on every hundred dollars OF
! the value of all real and personal proper.
tty lying within the corporate limits OF
said town, the real and personal proper
| ty of churches and school associations
excepted The said Town Council shall
have power to regulate the price of Hcen.
ses upon all public shows and exhibi.
tiono in said town: to erect powder
magazine, and compel any person hold
ling more than twenty-five pounds OF
powder to store the same therein, and to
| make regulations for for rates of storage
I thereof, and for keeping and delivering
the same. The said Town Council shall
have power to enforce the payment OF
all taxes and assessments levied under
the authority of this Act, against the
property of defaulters, to the same ex.
tend, and in the same manner as is pro-
vided by law for. the collection of the
general State tax. except in such
cases that executions to enforce the pay
ment of such taxes shall be issued under
the seal of the corporation, and may be
directed to the Town Marshall, or other
persons appointed by the Town Coun-
Gil to levy, collect and receive the same,
with costs, as is in such cases made. and
provided by law; and all property upon
which such tax shall be levied. and as
sessed is hereby declared and made liza
BILE for the payment thereof, in prefer
ence to all other debts, except debts due
to the State, which shall be first paid,
Sec. g. The said Town Council may
have power and authority to require all
persons owning lot or lots in said town
to close in, and to make and keep in
good repair, sidewalks in front of said
Tot or lots, whenever the same shall
front or adjoin any public street of said
town, if, in hejudgment of the Coun-
Gil, such sidewalk shall be necessary,
the width thereof, and the manner of
construction, to be designated and ,regu.
lated by the said Town Council; and
for default or, refusal. after reasonable
notice, to make and keep in good repair
such sidewalks, and to close such lots,
the Town Council may cause the same
to be made or put in repair, and require
the owners to pay the price of making
or repairing; and the. said Town Conn-
ell are hereby empowered to sue for and
recover the same by action of debt in
any court of competent jurisdictions:
Provided, That such contract for ma
king and repairing is let to the lowest
bidder, The cemeteries and public
grave yards are also placed under the
Jurisdiction Of the Town Council.
= SECTION 10. Thes said Town 'Coun-
Gil 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 necessary,
by the sale Of the freehold therein, eth
er at private or public sale, rs they may
adjudge best for the Interest of the said
town; and they shall have, also, power
| to lay out, adopt, widen>> or otherwise
alter those streets now in use, open and
keep in good repair all and every
such new streets, roads and ways as they
may, from time to time, deem necessary
for the improvement and convenience
| of said town Provided, That no street,
road or way shall be opened without
first having obtained the consent of the
land owner or owners thereof, through
whose premises any such new street,
road or way may pass.
SEC. IL. The said Town Council shall
have power, and are hereby authorized,
to elect one or more Marshals, to fix
their salaries and prescribe their duties,
who shall be sworn in, and invested
with all the powers and subjected to all
the duties and liabilities that Constables
now have, or are subject to, by law, in
addition to fthe duties and liabilities
specially conferred and empowered on
them by the Town Council: Provided,
that their jurisdiction shall be confined
within the limits of said town.
SEC. II. That the said Town Council
shall have power to establish guard
| to authorize the establishment Of guard
house, and to prescribe suitable rules
land regulations for keeping and gov
erning the same; and the said Town
Council, or the said Iptendant and War
dens, in person, any one or more or
them, may authorize and require ary
Marshal of lhe town, or any Constable
especially appointed for that purpose, to
arrest and commit to the Guard House,
for O term not exceeding twenty-four
hours, any person or persons who, with
in the corporate limits Of said town,
who may be engaged in any breach OF
the peace, riotous or disorderly conduct,
open obscenity, public drunkenness, or
any conduct grossly indecent or dan
gerous to the citizens of said town, or
any of them and it shall be the duty OF
the Town Marshal or Constable to arrest
and commit all such offenders, when
required to do so; and who shall have
power to call to their assistance the
posse conaStatus, If need be, to aid in
making such harrests and upon the fail
ure of such officers to perform, such
, duty as required, they shall severauy
be subject to such fines and penalties as
the Town Council may impose upon
them; and all persons SO imprisoned
shall pay the costs and expenses Incl
dent to their Imprisonment, which said
costs and expenses shall be collected in
the same manner as,is provided for the
collection Ct fines imposed for the vio-
lation Of Ordinances; rules end. .regula-
tions: Provided; THAT. such. imprisor2-
tho payment Of any fine the Council
may impose for the. offence. which. he,
Tor they may have eommitted.,......l 81
! SEC, el3: The said Town Council shall
have power to impose and collect taxss
from all persons. representing publicly
withinithe-c corporate limits, for. gain Gol
reward any plays or-s bows, of What ma
d ture or kind whatsoever, to be apprppri'
atedto the publ uses Of said town,
\ SEC. Il. That the said Intendant and
I lWardens, or a, majority of them, shal
have power to abate and remove all nui
sanees Within the corporate limits O
SEC. is: The 1ntendatit and Warden.
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