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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and any judgment obtained in such case shall be a

prior lien on said property.

SEC. 23. If any ground bordering on any street or-

dered to be paved shall be leased for a term less than

seven years, the lessee or tenant may pave or repair

said sidewalk or footway, or pay for the same if done

Who may pave

by the commissioners, and the same shall be allowed

or repair.

in part payment of the rent due and to become due

to the owner; and if such tenant should refuse, as

aforesaid, the commissioners may, in their discretion,

make him responsible for said costs, or proceed against

the owner.

SEC. 14. All violations of the charter, by-laws or

ordinances of the said town of East New Market are

hereby declared to be misdemeanor, and upon com-

plaint under oath of any person to any justice of the

peace for Dorchester county of a violation of said

charter, by-laws or ordinances, the said justice shall

issue his warrant in the name of the State of Mary-

land, directed to any bailiff of said town, or to the sher-

Penalty for vio-

iff, or to any constable of said county, for the arrest

lation.

of the party charged in such warrant, and shall hear

and determine said complaint, and if said justice shall

find the party so charged guilty, his judgment shall be

for the payment of such fine, penalty or forfeiture as

may be imposed by the charter, by-laws or ordinances

charged in said warrant to be violated, and

costs, and the party shall stand committed to the

county jail until said fine and costs are paid to

said justice, or until the expiration of thirty

days, whichever shall first occur; and the justice afore-

said shall, immediately upon the payment of the fine

imposed and collected by him under this section, pay

over the same as all other fines to the commissioners

of Dorchester county; and if the party charged shall

be declared not guilty, the commissioners of Dorches-

ter county shall pay the costs; any party aggrieved

Right of appeal

by such judgment shall have the right to appeal there-

from within thirty days from its rendition, upon giving

bail for his appearance to the next term of the circuit

court for said county, in such penalty as said justice

may determine, and the judgment of said court, in the

event of the party charged being found guilty, shall

conform to that herein prescribed for the justice of the

peace; and the state shall also have the right of ap-

peal within the same time from any judgment ren-