the best of our knowledge and belief, a person of good moral character. lb. § 23.

10. Any person, producing such certificate of the selectmen, shall be heard, and his application decided upon, either on a motion made orally by himself or his counsel, or upon a petition in writing, as he shall elect. Ib. § 24.

11. If the selectmen of any town shall unreasonably neglect or refuse to make and deliver such a certificate, either for the original granting or the renewal of a license, the person aggrieved thereby may apply for a license to the commissioners, first giving twenty four hours notice to a majority of the said selectmen of his intended application, so that they may appear, if they see fit, to object thereto; and if, on such application, it shall appear that the said selectmen did unreasonably neglect or refuse to give the said certificate, and that the public good requires that the license should be granted, the commissioners may grant the same. Ib. § 25.

IV. DUTIES OF SELECTMEN IN ERECTING AND MAINTAINING GUIDE POSTS.

1. Towns to erect and maintain

guide posts.

2. Penalty if selectmen do not annually report to the town where posts ought to be maintained.

3. Penalty on towns for not determining places for guide posts.

4. Description of guide posts and where to be erected.

5. Penalty if towns or selectmen neglect to erect guide posts.

5. Penalty for defacing guide boards.

1. Every town shall erect and maintain guide posts, on the highways and other ways within the town, at such places as shall be necessary or convenient for the direction of travellers, in the manner hereinafter provided. R. S. ch. 25, § 28.

2. The selectmen of each town shall submit to the inhabitants, at every annual meeting, a report of all the pla

ces in which guide posts are erected and maintained within the town, and of all places, at which, in the opinion of the selectmen, they ought to be erected and maintained ; and if the selectmen of any town shall neglect or refuse to make report as aforesaid, they shall severally forfeit the sum of ten dollars. b. § 29.

3. Upon the report of the selectmen, made according to the provisions of the preceding section, the town shall determine the several places, at which guide posts shall be erected and maintained, and a record thereof shall be made in the town records; and if any town shall neglect or refuse to determine said places, and to cause a record thereof to be made as aforesaid, such town shall forfeit the sum of five dollars, for every month during which they shall neglect or refuse so to do; and in such case, upon any trial for not erecting or maintaining guide posts, reported to be necessary or convenient by the selectmen, such town shall be estoped from alleging that such guide posts were not necessary or convenient. 16. § 30.

4. At each of the places determined by the town, as provided in the preceding section, there shall be erected. a substantial post of not less than eight feet in height, near the upper end of which shall be placed a board or boards, and upon each board shall be plainly and legibly painted or otherwise marked, the name of the next town or place, and such other town or place of note, as the selectmen shall think proper, to which each of such roads may lead, together with the distance or number of miles to the same; and also the figure of a hand, with the forefinger thereof, pointing towards the towns or places, to which the said roads lead; provided nevertheless, that the inhabitants of any town may, at their annual meeting, agree upon some suitable substitute for said guide posts. 1b. § 31.

5. Every town, which shall neglect or refuse to erect and maintain guide posts, or some suitable substitutes

therefor, in the manner provided in this chapter, shall forfeit annually the sum of five dollars, for every guide post which they shall so neglect or refuse to maintain. Ib. §

32.

6. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove or destroy any monument erected for the purpose of designating the boundaries of any town, or of any tract or lot of land, or any tree marked for that purpose, or shall so break down, injure, remove or destroy any mile stone, mile board or guide board, erected upon any highway or other public way, turnpike or railroad, or shall wilfully or maliciously deface or alter the inscription on any such stone or board, or shall wilfully or maliciously mar or deface any building, or any sign board, or shall extinguish any lamp, or break, destroy or remove any lamp, or any lamp post, or any railing or posts, erected on any bridge, side walk, street, highway, court or passage, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than six months, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. Ib. § 33. Ch. 126, § 43.

V. DUTIES OF SELECTMEN IN PERAMBULATION OF TOWN

LINES.

1. Bounds of towns, to remain | except, &c. as now established.

2. Perambulations and renewal of boundaries, every five years. 3. Notice of perambulation to adjoining towns.-Penalty for neglect | to give notice.

5. Perambulation of bounds between towns and unincorporated places.

6.

joining other states.

of towns ad

7. Penalty for neglect of select

4. Bound-stones to be erected, men.

1. THE boundary lines of every town shall remain as now established. R. S. ch. 15, § 1.

2. There shall be a perambulation of the boundary lines between towns, and the lines shall be run and the

marks renewed, once in five years, by two or more of the selectmen of each town, or such substitutes as they shall in writing appoint for that purpose; and the proceedings in the case, after every such renewal, shall be recorded in the town records of the respective towns, Ib. $2.

3. Previously to any perambulation, the selectmen of the most ancient of the contiguous towns shall give ten days notice, in writing, to the selectmen of the adjoining town, of the time and place of meeting for such perambulation; and the selectmen, who shall neglect their duty in giving notice, or in attending, either personally or by their substitutes, shall severally forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, to the use of the town whose selectmen shall perform their duty. Ib. § 3.

4. The selectmen of the contiguous towns shall cause to be erected, at the joint and equal expense of such towns, permanent monuments to designate their respective boundary lines, at every angle thereof, except where such lines are bounded by the ocean or by some permanent stream of water; and the said monuments shall be of stone well set in, and at least four feet high, from the surface of the ground; and the initial letter of the respective names of said contiguous towns shall be plainly and legibly cut thereon; provided, however, that it shall not be necessary to erect a new monument in any place, where any permanent stone monument already exists, of two feet in height, above the surface of the ground. Ib. $ 4.

5. The selectmen of every town, bordering upon any unincorporated place, shall, once in every five years, give notice to the assessors of such unincorporated place, of their intention to perambulate the lines, between their said towns and places respectively; and, upon such notice, the said assessors shall perform all the duties, required of selectmen in the like case, and be subject to all the penal

ties, to be recovered and appropriated in the same manner, as selectmen in the like case, are subject to. Ib. § 5. 6. The selectmen of the several towns of this state, bordering on any other state, in all cases, where the lines between such other states and this state are settled and established, shall, once in every five years, give notice to the selectmen or other proper municipal officers of such towns in such other states, as adjoin the respective towns of this state, abovementioned, of their intention to perambulate the lines between their adjoining towns; and in all cases where such state lines are now in dispute, such perambulations of the lines between the towns in this state and the adjoining towns of such other states, shall be made, once in every five years, after such state lines shall be settled and established, and, if such notice and proposal shall be accepted by the officers to whom it is made, a perambulation shall be made of the boundary lines of such towns in the same manner, as between towns in this state; provided, however, that no boundary, erected by the authority of this state and any such adjoining state, shall be moved by the said selectmen or other municipal officers. Ib. § 6.

7. Any selectman, who shall neglect or refuse to cause the monuments to be erected as aforesaid, or to give notice to the selectmen or other proper municipal officers of towns, in the adjoining states, or to perambulate, if the last-mentioned selectmen or officers consent thereto, shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars to the use of his county. Ib. § 7.

VI. DUTIES OF SELECTMEN AS TO COMMON SEWERS AND DRAINS.

1. Highways, streets, &c. not to be dug up to lay drains, &c. without consent of the selectmen.

2. Drains, &c. how to be constructed.

3. Persons benefited, to share the expense of making drains, repairing, &c.

4. Same subject.

5. Persons benefited, and refusing