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13. Authority may be delegated to pathmaster, aud conipensatiou 

 for work done to be credited on road tax. 



Act May 2, 1899, section 2, (P. L., page 164). 



14. Supervisors, road commissioners or other officers havin«^ charge 



uf the construction or repair of township roads, authorized to collect" 



a cash tax not exceeding fifty per centum of rate of assessment for 



road purposes, for purchase of a lot and erection of a building for 



general township purposes, and for re-payment of moneys borrowed 



for that purpose. 



Act June 26, 1895, section 3, (P. L., page 325). 



15. Appeals may be taken from assessmemts to courts of com- 

 mon pleas. 



Act April 19, 1889, (P. L., page 37), ante. 



16. County commissioners in counties where county treasurer col- 

 lects taxes, empowered, on petition of five hundred or more taxables, 

 to change dates on which reductions for prompt payment of taxes 



shall cease. 



Act June 30, 1885, section 1, (P. L., page 204). 



17. To give notice, on or before July first, to county treasurer of 



changes made, and any change so made to continue from year to 



year until again changed. 



Act June 30, 1885, section 2, (P. L., page 204). 



38. Cities, boroughs and townships empowered to tax dogs. Tax 



to be fixed by county commissioners and councilmen at not more 



than |2 for a dog, or more than |4 for a bitch unless she is spayed, 



in which case the tax is to be the same as a dog. Tax to be paid 



to county or city treasurer, and to constitute a fund for payment of 



sheep damages. Dogs under four months old not to be assessed. 

 Act May 25, 1893, section 1, (P. L., page 136).* 



19. Assessors to return names of persons owning or keeping dogs, 



and county commissioners and councilmen to assess a tax sufficient 



to pay damages sustained from loss of sheep. 

 Act May 25, 1893, section 2, (P. L., page 136). 



20. Persons sustaining damages from loss of sheep may complain 

 to justices of the peace, aldermen or magistrates. Township, bor- 

 ough or city auditors or controllers to be notified; they to examine 

 into claim and make report. Owners of dogs destroying sheei), to 



pay claims for damages, or kill their dogs. 



Act May 25, 1893, section 3, (P. L., page 137). 



21. Where damages are sustaified, report to be delivered to county 



commissioners or councilmen. 



Act May 25, 1893, section 4, (P. L., page 137). 



*See act June 12, 1878, (P. L., page 198); act June 10, 1881, (P. L., page 112); 

 act May 5, 1889, (P. L., page 222). 



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