66 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 25

suit or action at law against the owner or owners thereof, as
other debts are collected, and the expense of such paving shall
be a lien upon the property chargeable therewith, the same as
tax liens of the Town. The tenant for life, a mortgagee in
possession, as well as the holder in fee, their executors and
administrators and assigns, shall be deemed and taken as an
owner for the purpose of the last two sections.

267. The Commissioners of Goldsboro may borrow on the
credit of the corporation, by note or otherwise, and amount
they may deem necessary provided that said indebtedness
thus created shall not exceed at any time the sum of Five
Thousand Dollars.

268. 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
or owners thereof, may be charged to the tenant or other oc-
cupant, who shall be liable to like process for the payment
thereof, and the tenant or other occupant paying the said
taxes may charge the same to the owner or owners of the
house, lot or parcel of land, or deduct the same from the
rent then due, or which shall next become due thereon and
pay the said taxes.

269. The said Commissioners shall have the power to pro-
vide, in any of their by-laws and ordinances, for a fine or
penalty in amount not exceeding fifty dollars, to be imposed
upon any person for the violation thereof, and the said fines
or penalties may be recovered in the name of the said corpora-
tion from the person liable thereto before any Trial Magis-
trate or Court for Caroline County like other debts, but if
any person shall violate any of the ordinances or by-laws of
said Commissioners by loud or boisterous talking or by using
profane or vulgar language, or by immodest or vulgar be-
havior or exposure, or by otherwise disturbing the peace and
good order in said town of Goldsboro, or by obstructing the
streets or sidewalks with unnecessary assemblies, then it
shall be lawful, and it is made the duty of the Bailiff or
policeman or officers of the said town or the Sheriff or any
Constable of Caroline County to arrest the person so offend-
ing or violating the ordinances as aforesaid, and to take such
person before some Trial Magistrate or Court for said county,
and upon conviction for said offense the said offender shall
be fined not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars,
with costs, the fine to go to the use of said corporation, and
in default of payment of fine and costs aforesaid, the person
so convicted shall be committed to the jail in said county
until the fine and costs are paid, provided said imprisonment
shall not continue longer than thirty days.