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other debts are collected; and the expense of such paving
shall be a lien upon the property chargeable therewith.

299. A tenant for more than five years, for life, and a
mortgagee in possession, as well as the holder in fee, shall
be deemed and taken as owner for the purpose of the two
preceding sections.

300. All taxes, whether general or special, levied by said
Commissioners upon any house or parcel of land within said
town, which is not in the tenancy and occupation of the
owner thereof, may be charged to the tenant or other occu-
pant, who shall be liable to like process for the payment
thereof; and the tenant or other occupant paying said taxes
may charge the 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.

301. The said Commissioners of Greensboro shall have
power to provide 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 Trial Magistrate 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 other-
wise disturbing the peace and good order of the said, town
of Greensboro, or by obstructing the streets and sidewalks
with unnecessary assemblies, 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 Trial Magistrate for the said county, and upon convic-
tion 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 aforesaid, the person or persons so convicted shall be com-
mitted to the jail in said 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
constables by the laws of this State, and are empowered to
take cognizance of all offenses committed in said town, as