III.  And be it enacted, That if teh collector shall omit or neglect to return a
list as aforesaid, upon being thereto directed, in writing, by the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, for such omission or neglect he shall forfeit
and pay the sum of thirty pounds current money, to be sued for and recovered
by action of debt in the name of said commissioners, and to be applied
to the use of said county in such manner as the justices of the levy court, or a
majority of them, shall direct.

    IV.  And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, and they are hereby directed and required, to
cause advertisements, expressing the name or names of such tract or tracts of land,
or the number or numbers of such lot or lots of land, and the amount of the
taxes thereon respectively due, together with the name or names of the person or
persons respectively chargeable for the same, to be inserted at least once per week
for and during eight weeks, in the Baltimore Telegraphe, the Annapolis, Easton,
George-town and one of the Frederick-town news-papers, notifying, that unless
the county charges due on the lands as aforesaid shall be paid to the collector of
Allegany county, within the space of one hundred days after the publication of
the notice aforesaid is completed, the land so charged as aforesaid, or such part
thereof as may be necessary to raise the sum due thereon, shall be sold to the
highest bidder for the payment of the same,

    V.  And be it enacted, That in all cases where the said county charges shall
not be paid by the day or time mentioned in such advertisements, it shall and
may be lawful for the said commissioners, or a majority of them, and they are
hereby authorised and required, to direct the collector of said county, after thirty
days previous notice at the court-house door, and at the most public places in
the county, such tract or tracts of land, or such lot or lots of land, or such part
or parcels thereof as may be sufficient to discharge the taxes thereon due, to sell
to the highest bidder, and the same, when sold, to transfer by deed of bargain
and sale to the purchaser thereof; provided, that nothing herein contained shall
in any manner be construed to authorise or empower the said collector to sell
more land than may prove sufficient to discharge the taxes and legal charges
thereon due.

    VI.  And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall affect any tract or tracts
of land, lot or lots, granted to the officers or soldiers of this state, unless the
same shall have been, or may hereafter be, sold or transferred by said officers or
soldiers; and provided nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of persons 
under the impediments of infancy, coverture, insanity of mind, or actual imprisonment,
or of citizens of the United States beyond seas, until twelve months
after the removal of such disabilities.

    VII.  And be it enacted, That the third section of an act, entitled, An act for
the collection of the county charges in Allegany county, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
 

    VIII.  And be it enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for and
during the term of three years, and until the end of the next session of assembly
that may happen thereafter.

In certain
cases a list to
be returned,
&c.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Penalty for
neglect, &c.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Commissioners
to give
notice, &c.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And direct
the collectors
to sell, &c.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Certain land
not to be affected,
&c.
 
 
 
 
 
 

A section repealed.
 
 
 
 

Duration.