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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the proper collection and disbursement of all moneys coming
into his hands for the county and the faithful performance of
other duties devolving upon him, such bonds to be approved
as bonds of the sheriffs of the respective counties of this
State are approved and to be recorded in the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County, but before enter-
ing upon the duties of said office the said treasurer shall take
and subscribe before said clerk the oath prescribed by Section
six of Article I of the Constitution of Maryland; all county
collectors of St. Mary's County now having taxes in hand for
collection for which their bond is responsible shall complete
said collections and turn over the money so collected to
County Commissioners of said county, except such sums as
may be subject to orders heretofore given on said collectors
by the County Commissioners for said county.

Manner of
collecting
taxes, etc.

25A. The said treasurer shall keep his office in Leonard-
town open from ten o'clock in the morning until three in the
afternoon every working day for the purpose of reviewing
and disbursing taxes as directed by law, and shall also attend
in person or by deputy in some prominent point in each elec-
tion district of said county one day each in the months of
July, August, October, November, March and April of each
year, and of each sitting he shall give notice by advertising
in two newspapers published in said county and by handbills
posted up in three public places in each of such election dis-
tricts, stating time, when and the place where he will be in each
of said districts for collecting and receiving said taxes, and
notifying all those who owe county taxes that a discount of
two per cent, will be allowed on all taxes paid before the first
day of August, and one per cent, on all taxes paid before the
first day of September, and for all taxes after the first of Sep-
tember in the year of the levy due and unpaid there shall be
interest charged at the rate of six per cent, per annum, and

Sale of
property for
delinquent
taxes

after the said Treasurer has given the notices to be published
and the advertisement as directed by this section, it shall only
be necessary for him to levy upon the real or personal property
within the limits of St. Mary's County of any delinquent, and
after giving at least thirty days' notice of the time, terms and
place of sale, which place shall be at the Court-House door,
in Leonardtown, by advertisement in the St. Mary's Beacon
and St. Mary's Enterprise, the papers of opposite faith, being
the two newspapers published in said county, he shall proceed
to sell at the advertised sale mentioned by public auction the
property so levied on for cash to the highest bidder, retaining
out of the proceeds of such sale the amount of the taxes due