[Code 1961, § 3.13.01]
The Town Assessor may at officer's discretion assign to each building, or any part of a building, or to each lot or any part of a lot fronting upon any street within the Town, a number by which it shall be known, and may alter such numbers and re-number such building, parts of buildings and parts of lots, fronting upon any and all streets within the Town. It shall be the duty of the Assessor, whenever hereafter a new street or highway is accepted, to assign to the land abutting on such street or highway, numbers at such measured intervals or distance as in the opinion of the Assessor, the public interests shall require.