JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

fourth upon final settlement of said fiscal year by the Treas-
urer with the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County.

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117. Personal property liable to taxation in Prince George's
County and unassessed, and also that which may be unassessed
for any previous year or years, or has been so assessed that
the assessment was void, shall be assessed and listed in the
same manner as is provided for the assessment of real estate
in Section 116 F of said Article 1 7 of the Code of Public Local
Laws; but no personal property which has been bona fide
sold or transferred shall be assessed for any back taxes.

Unassessed
personal
property.

117A. All tax sales of real estate shall be advertised for
the full time hereinbefore required in one newspaper pub-
lished in Prince George's County belonging to each of the
two leading political parties of said county, as shown at the
last election, to be selected by the Treasurer, and the cost of
such advertisement in and for each newspaper shall not exceed
the sum of fifty cents for a tax sale, which sum of money shall
be charged against the property offered for sale as items of cost.
A tax sale shall consist of all the real estate in any election
district of the county advertised for sale and belonging to
the same person. If there be no such newspaper, then any
newspaper published in said county may be chosen. In the
matter of selling personal property for taxes, the Treasurer
shall be allowed costs similar to those allowed by law in the
case of seizure and sale of personal property by distraint,
except that he shall receive no fee or commission therein.

Shall advertise
tax sales of
real estate.

117 B. The Clerk of the Circut Court shall upon receiving
from the Treasurer a list of real estate about to be advertised
at tax sale of each for the book and page of the land records
in his office relating to each piece thereof. And he shall
receive a fee of twenty-five cents for finding and furnishing
the same to the Treasurer; said clerk shall receive a fee of
five dollars, payable by said Commissioners for filing a report
of tax sales made by the Treasurer as hereinbefore provided,
docketing the same and making entries relative thereto, but
upon exception to any sale therein, a separate suit shall be
docketed by him upon the equity docket concerning the same,
wherein all subsequent proceedings shall be had, and he shall
receive from the party requiring any service therein the same
fees allowed for similar services in ordinary equity suits;
said proceedings shall not be actually recorded, and the result
thereof shall be entered by said clerk upon the report of sale,

Clerk of
Circuit Courts
fee for filing
report of tax
sales, etc.