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SEC. 89. The commissioners of Easton or a ma-
jority of them, may make such ordinances as they
may deem necessary and beneficial to said town; may
cause all nuisances to be abated and all obstructions
in the streets, lanes and alleys to be removed at the
expense of the person who caused the nuisance or
obstruction; may cause the streets, lanes and alleys
to be straightened and widened whenever the proper
width thereof is obstructed by the projection of any
house or houses thereon, and may require the said
house or houses to be removed either by the owner
or owners thereof, or in case of his, her or their
refusal or neglect to remove the same, after sixty
days' notice, to be personally served on him, her or
them, or left at his, her or their usual place of resi-
dence in said town, then in that case by such person
or persons as the said commissioners, or a majority
of them, may appoint to remove the said house or
houses, and thereupon the said commissioners shall
cause the damages which such owner or owners may
have sustained by reason of said removal, to be
ascertained either by agreement with said owner or
owners or upon a failure to agree thereon by two
disinterested persons, to be mutually chosen by the
said commissioners, or a majority of them, and the
said owner or owners, and in case the said persons
shall fail to agree upon and ascertain the amount of
such damages, they shall select a third person as
umpire, whose award or that of any two of them
certified in writing under their hands and seals shall
be final, and the said commissioners shall thereupon
levy and assess upon the taxable property of said
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