2.  Power  of,  to  tske  snd  convey  real  es-

tate, and  to  make  contracts.
3.  Power  of,  to  tax.
4.  ^ot  to  tax  polls.
5.  Power  of,  to  rote  and  grant  money,  and

for  what  nses.
6.  Power  of,  to  make  ordinances,  and  pen-

aides  of.
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Sbction

7.  Powers  and  obligations  of,  oontanned.
8.  Powers  and  obligations  of  districts  and

Tillages  continued.
Towns,  districts,  &c.,  how  to  exempt
themselves  from  statutes  regulating
the  going  at  large  of  horses,  &c.,  and
extend  statutes  to  going  at  laige  of
goats  and  geese.
Town  acts  and  laws,  how  long  to  be  in
force.
9.
10.
90  POWERS   OF   TOWNS.  [tITLE  VH.
Section

11.  What  officers  and  agents  towns  may

ap|x>int.
12.  Debts  and  claims  due  from  towns,  how

to  be  demanded  and  enforced.
Section
13,  14  and  15.  Judgments  against,  how  to

he  satisfied.
16.  Suits  by  towns,  in  what  name  brought.
Section  1.  The  inhabitants  of  every  town  in  this  state  are  de-
clared to  be  a  body  corporate,  and  may  in  their  corporate  name
sue  and  be  sued,  prosecute  and  defend,  in  any  court  and  else-
where.
Sec.  2.  Towns  may  take,  purchase  and  hold,  real  and  personal
estate,  and  transmit,  alienate  and  convey  the  same ;  and  may  make
any  contracts  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  transaction  of  the
business  of  the  town.
