CAROLINE COUNTY. 1621

same to the owner of the house, lot or parcel of land, or deduct the same
from the rent then due or which shall next become due thereon.

1906, ch. 284, sec. 31.

302. The said Commissioners of Greensboro shall have power to pro-
vide in any of their by-laws an ordinance for a fine or penalty in amount
not exceeding fifty dollars to be imposed upon any person or persons for
the violation thereof; and the said fines or penalties may be recovered in
the name of said corporation from the person or persons liable thereto,
before any justice of the peace for Caroline County, like other debts; but
if any person or persons shall violate any of the ordinances or by-laws of
the said corporation by loud or boisterous talking, or by using profane or
vulgar language, or by immodest or vulgar behavior or exposure, or by
otherwise disturbing the peace and good order of the said town of Greens-
boro, or by obstructing the streets and sidewalks with unnecessary assem-
blies, then it shall be lawful, and it is hereby made the duty of the bailiff
and under-bailiffs of said town, and the sheriff of Caroline County and
any constable thereof, to arrest any person so offending and violating the
ordinances of the said town, and to take such person before some justice
of the peace for the said county, and upon conviction for said offense or
offenses the said offender or offenders shall be fined not less than one dollar
nor more than twenty-five dollars, with costs, the fine to go to the use of
said corporation; and in default of payment of fine and costs as afore-
said, the person or persons so convicted shall be committed to the jail in
daid county until said fine and costs are paid; such imprisonment shall
not continue longer than thirty days, and the bailiff and under-bailiffs of
Greensboro are hereby clothed with all the authority conferred upon con-
stables by the laws of this State, and are empowered to take cognizance-
of all offenses committed in said town, as well as those against the laws
of the State of Maryland, as against the by-laws and ordinances of the said
town.

1906, ch. 284, sec. 32.

303. At the meetings of said Commissioners, three shall constitute
a quorum, and all questions submitted shall be decided by the majority of
those present; but less than a quorum may appoint the time for a subse-
quent meeting and adjourn.

1906, ch. 284, sec. 33.

304. The said Commissioners may appoint the clerk, treasurer, bailiff
and other officers, or either of them, from among themselves or other
inhabitants of said town.

1906, ch. 284, sec. 34.

305. They may in their discretion exempt and release from assess-
ment or taxation any or all machinery, plants and property used in manu-
facturing, for such period as they may deem expedient, by agreement or
otherwise.