1498 MONTGOMERY COUNTY. [ART. 16.

neglected to obey any of the rules and by-laws of said corporation,
he may order such moderate and proper correction, not exceeding
fifteen lashes for any one offence, to be given to such offender as
the nature of the case may require.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 15, sec. 19.

20. Any of the trustees may, in writing, direct what poor
shall be received into said almshouse.

Ibid. sec. 20.

21. Any justice of the peace for the said county, or any per-
son authorized by him, may apprehend or cause to be appre-
hended and committed to said workhouse, any vagrants, vaga-
bonds, beggars, and other idle, dissolute and disorderly persons-
found loitering or residing in said county, who follow no labor,
trade or occupation, and have no visible means of subsistence,,
there to be kept at hard labor for any time not exceeding three
months.

Ibid. sec. 21.

22. If any person shall sell or dispose of any strong liquor, or
other matter or thing to, or purchase anything from, any inmate
of said almshouse, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars.

Ibid. sec. 22.

23. All sheriffs, constables, and other officers shall aid the said
trustees and the officers employed by them, in the discharge of
their respective duties.

Ibid. sec. 23.

24. If any person shall be sued or prosecuted for anything
done by him in pursuance of this sub-title of this article, or any-
thing therein contained, he may plead the general issue, and give
the special matter in evidence for his defence, and if verdict be
given for him, or the plaintiff be non-suited or discontinue, he
shall recover treble costs; and if the plaintiff be unable to satisfy
them, the attorney who brought or prosecuted the suit shall pay
them, unless the plaintiff shall give security approved by the
court for such costs.