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town may with the consent OF the Board OF
Supervisors of the County of Jefferson, entered
of record, use the Jail of said county, for any
purposes for which the use Of Jail may be
needed by them, under the acts Of the Council
or Of the State.
ANNUAL ESTIMATE.
"a. The Council shall cause to be annually
made up and entered upon its journal an accu-
rate estimate Of all sums, which are or may
become lawfully cbargeable on said town, and
which ought to be paid, within one year, and
it shall order town levy Of so much as may
in its opinion be necessary, to pay the same
All vacant property embraced in the proposed
boundaries Of the said town, beyond the old
limits of the town, shall be subject only to such
taxation for the benefit of the said town as is
levied upon other property for county and
township purposes, until the said vacant pro-
perty shall be divided into lots for building
purposes, or offered for sale as SUCH or until
the streets of the said town shall be opened for
the use and accommodation Of the same
ANNUAL LEVY.
%. The levy so ordered shall he upon all
male persons resident of said town over the
age of is years. dogs and all real and personal
estate, within said town, subject to State or
County taxes provided that the tax so levie I
upon property do not exceed 81 for every 800
of the value thereof, and upon persons 81 per
head.
LICENSES.
26. Whenever anything for which State
license is required is to be done within the said
| town. the council may require town license
therefor, and may impose tax thereon for the
use Of the town. But no license to sell strong
or spirituous liquors, or wine, beer, ale, porter
or drinks of like nature within the said town,
or within one mile of its corporate limits, shall
be granted by the Board of Supervisors Of
jefferson county, unless the person applying
therefor shall produce before said board the
certificate of the council of said town, Of its
consent to the granting of such license. The
council shall require from the persons so IL
censed bond with sureties payable to the
said town in such penalties and with such con-
ditious as it may think proper, and may re-
woke such license at any time, if the conditions
of said bond be broken.
Assessor.
81 1t shall be the duty of the Assessor to
make an assessment of the persons and pro-
perty within said town subject to taxation,
substantially in the manner and form in which
such assessments are made by the Assessor Of
the county, and to return the same to the coun-
ell on tue FIRST day Of April 1872 and in sue
ceedng years on the lst day of July in each
year: and for this purpose he shall have all
the powers conferred by law upon the County
Assessor He shall receive a compensation for
his services to be fixed by the council, which
| shall not be increased during bis continuance
in office.
SERGEANT.
81 The Sergeant shall have power to collect
the town taxes. fines and levieS. and shall have
power one month after he shall have received
| the books OF the Assessor of said town, to dis
/ train and sell therefor, in like manner as the
Sheriff may distrain and sell for State taxes,
and shall in other respects have the same pow
ers as a. sheriff, to enforce the payment and col
lection thereof; and the said sergeant shall
have power 10 exercise within the corporate
limits all the duties OF a constable as a conser-
vatcr of the peace, and he shall be entitled to
the same compensation therefor upon the con-
vction Of any person arrested by him, for vio-
| lating any of the ordinances of the council, he
shall be entitled to one dollar for such arrest,
to be taxed in the costs against the person so
convicted. And he and his security shall be
liable to all fines, penalties and forfetures, thai
a constable is legally liable to, for any failure
or dereliction in his said Office, to be recovered
/ in the same manner and before the same courts
that said fines, penalties aud forfeitures are
now recoverable against constabeS.
LIEN on REAL Estate FOR TAXES.
30 There shall be lien upon real estate
i Il, corf no faN.a
sessed thereon, from the commencement Of the
year in which they are assessed, and for all
other assessments, fines and penalties assessed
or imposed upon the owners thereof by the
authorities of the town, from the time the
same are so assessed or imposed, which lien
shall be enforced by the council in the same
manner as the lien for taxes for county pur-
! poses is now enforced The lien aforesaid
shall have priority over all other liens, ex-
cept that for taxes due the State.
PROHIBITION OF SHOWS.
80. The council may prohibit any theatre
cal or other performance, show or exhibition,
which it may deem injurious to the morals or
good order Of the town.
BoxDs or SERGEANT AND TREASURER.
81. The council shall have power to re-
quire and take from the Sergeant and Treas
urer bonds, with sureties satisfactory to the
council, in such penalty as it may deem suffi-
Gent, except that as to the Sergeant it shall
not be for q penalty less than $500; and
said bond shall be conditioned for the true
and faithful performance Of bis duties as SER
geant, and for the collecting and accounting
for and payment Of the taxes, fines and other
monies of the town which shall come into his
hands or which it shall be his duty to collect,
at such times and to such persons as the couu-
Gil may order. The Treasurer's bond shall be
conditioned for the true and faithful perform
ance Of his duties as treasurer, and that be will
faithfully pay over and account for all monies
that shall come into his hands as treasurer,
when aud as lie shall be thereto required by
the council
MAYOR HIS POWERS, DUTIES AND CoMPEssA-
TIoN.
50. The Mayor shall be the chief executive
officer of the town, aud shall take care that all
bylaws, ordinances and orders of the council
are faithfully executed. He shall be ex-offi-
clio a conSeryator and justice the peace with
in said town, aud shall, within the same, ex-
ercise all the powers and duties vested in JUS
tees except that he shall have no jurisdiction
as such in civil cases. He shall have control
Of the police of the town. and may appoint
special police officers whenever he deems it
necessary; aud it shall be his duty especially
to see that the peace and good order Of said
town are preserved, and that the persons and
property therein are protected aud to this
end he may cause the arrest and detention of
all riofers and diSordprlV nersons in said town