Chap. 257.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 5th seetion of an act
entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incer-
porate the town of Abingdon, passed March 11, 1834.

Approved April 2, 1877,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fifth
section of an act entitled an act toamend and re-enact an act
entitled an act to incorporate the town of Abingdon, passed
March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, be amen-
ded and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 5. That the said council shall appoint a treasurer, pre-
scribe his duties, and direct the penalty in which he shall
execute his bond, payable to said corporation, with such se-
curity as they may approve, conditioned for the faithful dis-
charge of his duties, as they may be prescribed by said
council. The said council shall also have power to make such
by-laws and ordinances, not contrary to the laws and consti-
tution of this state or of the United States, as they may
think necessary for the improvement of the streets and alleys
of said town, and for protecting them from injury; for pro-
tecting property in said town against accidents by fire, for
organizing fire companies, and authorizing the purchase of
fire engines, hose and other apparatus thereto belonging; for
keeping the public springs and wells in good condition; for
regulating the erection of privies and prescribing their loca-
tion; for keeping the streets and alleys in repair; for remo-
ving and abating nuisantes within the limitsof the said town,
at the expense of those who occasion them, or otherwise; for
establishing or regulating markets, and erecting market-
houses; for regulating butchers’ stalls and slaughter-houses;
for prescribing rules for the orderly and regular building of
houses and chimneys; for the location of stables and cow-
sheds; for the regulation of all shops; for prohibiting hogs
or dogs from running at large within the limits ot said town,
without their owners; for preventing exhibitions of stud-
horses on public days in the streets; and generally, such other
by-laws as they shall deem necessary for regulating the police
and preserving the peace, good order, and government of the
said town; and to enforce the observance of the said by-laws
and ordinances, under penalties not exceeding the sum of
twenty dollars for any one offence. The said council shall
also have power to levy and collect annually a tax, not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, on the tithables and property,
real and personal, within the said town, and on such other
subjects as are taxed by the laws of this state, for thé pur-
pose of carrying into effect all or any of the powers hereby
granted to them; and to make provision for the collecting
and accounting for the said taxes. The said council may also
regulate the fees of town sergeants and prescribe their duties
and the penalties of their bonds; and may provide for keep-
ing the streets and alleys in good order and condition. The
said council shall also have power to direct the mayor to
cause to be published annually, at the eXpense of said town,
in one or more of the newspapers of said town, a statement
of the expenditures for the year preceding, by items, for all
purposes, how, for what, and to whom paid.
2. This act sball be in force from its passage.