The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

taxation district shall comprise all the territory contained within the follow ing limits or bounds: Beginning at a point on the boundary line between Stratford and Milford due east from *Peck's Mill; thence southerIy along said boundary line to a. point due east of the northerly shore of Fresh pond thence due west to the northerly shore of Fresh pond, thence westerly along the norther1y edge Of Fresh pond and the great salt meadows to the bound ary line between Stratford and Bridgeport; thence norther1y along said boundary line to the center of Old Mill road; thence northeasterIy along center line of Bruces brook to a point three hundred feet west of the center line of Nichols avenue; thence n northerly, parallel to Nichols avenue, to a point due west of center line of Corners lane at the intersection with Nichols avenue; thence easterly along center line of Connor's lane to the center line of Huntington road; thence easterly in a straight Hnef to the point of beginning. The second taxation district shall comprise all the remain ing territory of the town. The asses sors shall annually designate the dis trict in which all taxable property lies in order that the tax rate of each dis trict may be accurately levied.
 Sec. g. A tax shall annually be laid upon the inhabitants and property of said town for the purpose of meeting the general obligations and expenses of said town, but all money required to be expended for any public work or purpose which is for the exclusive benefit or use of the inhabitants or property within the first taxation dis trict shall be raised by taxation upon the inhabitants and property within said district only.
 Sec. 10. The board of finance shall
 
 the first and second taxation districts, designating those items in the annual recommendation of said board of finance which shall be apportioned generally against the first and second taxation districts and those items the first taxation district only, and upon such apport1onment shall recon- mend the general town tax and the special tax hereinbefore provided for.
 Sec. Ii. The board of selectrnen of the town of Stratford shall have pow CT to prescribe the method of ac- counts of said town, to contract for the service of such officers and ern- ployees as in the discretion of said board shall be proper for the conduct of all public work and affairs of the town. Said board shall have power to organize and maintain a fire de- partment; to provide apparatus there
 
 regulations for the control and dis cip1ine thereof. to make and enforce rules and regulations concerning the disuse, removal, and demolition of any building or part thereof which may become unsafe; to issue permits for the removal Of buildings through the public streets and to make and enforce rules and regulations govern ing such removal; to establish and maintain suitable lookup for the confinement and safe-keeping of such persons as may be legally confined therein; to license, regulate. or pro- hibit the manufacture, keeping, sale or use of fireworks. torpedoes, fire crackers, gunpowder, petroleum, gaso- line, or any other explosive or in- flammab1e substance or the convey ance thereof in or through any DOT ton of said town: to regulate the erection and use of steam boilers, the erection of lampposts, to contract and provide for lighting the streets and public places in said town or such parts thereof as in the discretion of said board shall be necessary; to con- tract for and provide water for the e1tinguishment of fires and for other public purposes; to make regulations for the government of all parades and processions. public assemblages, shows, and entertainments in the public places or streets, to regulate the speed of animals, vehicles except automo- bi1es and cars in the streets of said town: to provide for laying out, es- tab1ishing, grading, making, repair ing, discOntinuing, or altering high ways, streets. walks, public squares, parks, and grounds, drains, sewers, and gutters; to make, repair, clean, and keep open and safe for public use and travel and free from encroach- ments and obstruction the streets, highways, sidewalks, gutters, and pub lie grounds and places in said town; to prescribe the width of all high ways, streets, sidewalks, and gutters; to construct and repair crosswa1ks; to regulate, permit, or prohibit the ex- cavation or opening of streets, high ways, and public grounds and the To- cation of any work whether tempor- ary or permanent on or under the sur face thereof. and the depositing of building material of any description on any sidewalk or highway; to regu- late or license the selling or disposing of merchandise of every description upon said streets. sidewalks, or public places; to regulate the placing or signs awnings or banners beside or over any sidewalk or highway in said town; to regulate and license public hacks, carriages, autom ob1les, or other pub lie conveyances and the charges of hackmen, public drivers, expressm en and trUckmen; to provide for the planting, trimming, removal, and preservation of trees, flowers, and shrubs on any of the public streets or parks in said town; to make rules and regulations concerning the location, construction, and use of sinks, cess pools, drains and privies and concern ing the removal of garbage, filth, or rubbage in said town; to make and enforce rules and regulations concern ing the proper, safe, and sanitary construction of buildings within said town and appoint 8 building inspec-, tor with power to enforce such rules and regulations and require the re- moval Of any work performed in vio- Iation thereof; to license, prohibit, or permit under suitable rules; regu1a- tions, and restrictions to be prescribed by said board the carrying on of any kind of trade, manufacture, or busf- ness prejudicial to the public health or constituting an unreasonable am noyance to those living or owning property in the immediate vicinity; to provide for the inspection of food oT