Year: 1871




dinance or bylaw inconsistent
with or repugnant TO the laws of
the State.


SEC. 6. That the said Intendant
and Wardens, or q majority of
them, shall have full power to
abate ard remove all nuisances in
said town, and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways,
bridges and streets within the
corporate limits of the said town
open, and in good repair and, for
that purpose, they are invested
with all the powers of County
Commissioners or Commissioners
of Roads, for and within the cor
porate limits of the said town, and
they may lay out new streets,
close up, widen, or otherwise altar
those now in use and shall have
full power to classify and arrange
the inhabitants or citizens Of said
town, liable to street, road, or 9th
er public duty therein, and to force
the performance Of such duty un-
der such penalties as are now, or
shall hereafter be, prescribed by
law. And they shall have power
to compound with all persons liza.
bic to work the streets, ways and
roads in said town, upon such
terms as their ordinances or by
laws may establish, or their rules
and regulations require, the mon
eys so received to be applied to
the public use of the said town.
And all persons refusing to labor,
or failing to pay such computa-
ton, shall oe liable to such fine,
not exceeding twenty dollars for
any one year, as the said Town
Council may impose, and they
shall have power to enforce the
payment of such fine, in the same
manner as is now, or may be here
after provided for the collection
of County taxes. And 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
necessary, by the sale of the free.
hold therin either at private or
public sale, as they may adjudge
best for the interest Of the said
town, and they shall keep in re-
pair all such new streets, roads
and ways, as they may, from time
to time, deem necessary for the
Improvement and convenience of
said town: Prorided, That no
street, road or way shall be open
ed, without first having obtained
the consent Of the land owner, or
owners thereof, through whose
premises such new street, road or
way may pass.


Sec. Z. The said Town CounciI
shall have power and authority to
require all persons owning a lot
or lots in said town to close in,
and to make and keep in good re-
PAIR sidewalks in front of said lot
or lots, whenever the same shall
front or adjoin any public street
of said town, if, in the judgment
of the Council such sidewalk shall
be necessary the width thereof,
and the manner of construction,
to be designated and regulated by
the said Town Council; and for
the default or refusal, after rea-
sonable notice; to make and keep
in good repair such sidewalks, and
to close in such lot or lots, the
Town Council may cause the same
to be made Or put in repair, and
require the owner to pay the price
Of making or repairing; and the
said Town Council are hereby
empowered to sue for and recover
the same, by action Of debt, in
any Court of competent jurisdic-
ton: Prorlded, That such con-
tract for making and repairing is
let to the lowest bidder. The
cemeteries and public graveyards
are also placed under the jurisdic-
ton Of the SAID Town Council.


SEC. S. The Intendant and War
deus of the said town, or o major
ity Of them. shall have full power
to grant or refuse licenses to keep
tavcrns, or retailspirituous liquors
within the corporate limits of
the said town, upon such condi-
tions and under such circumstan-
ccs as to them shall seem proper
and right : Provided, That in no
instance shall the price Of q license
to keep tavern or to retail spirit
uous liquors be less than the
amount as established by the
State, and all moneys paid for H.
censcs and for fines and forteitures
shall DO appropriated for the pub
lie uses Of the said town: Provided,
That the Intendant and Wardens
duly elected shall not have power
to grant any license to keep tav-
ern or retail spirituous liquors to
extend beyond the term for which
they have been elected. They
shall have power to regulate sales
at auction within the corporate
limits Of the town, and to grant
licenses to auctioneers, itinerant
traders, to keepers Of hotels, liv-
cry stables, billiard tables, ten-pin
aIleys. or other kinds Of games of