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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

as to reduce or increase the rates of tolls hereby established,
below or above a sum necessary to defray the expenses incident
to the preservation and repair of said road, for the payment of
the fees and compensation to the superintendent, collectors of
tolls and other agents; And provided, that no change, alteration,
or amendment shall ever be adopted, that will in any wise defeat
or affect the true intent and meaning of this act.

Case of
deathof
commis-
sioner.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That in case any superinten-
dent who shall be appointed under this act, shall die, resign,
refuse to act or remove from Allegany county aforesaid, the
governor and council of this state, shall appoint another in his
place, who shall, at the time of his appointment, and during his
continuance in office, reside in Allegany county ; and who shall
hold his office for three years from the date of his commission ;
and after the expiration of any time of service of any superin-
tendent who may be appointed under this act, the governor and

Re-ap-
pointment
authorized.

council of this state, shall re-appoint him or appoint another in
his place, at discretion: Provided, that he shall not serve for a
longer time than three years, from the date of his commission.

CHAPTER 99.

AN ACT to regulate the Sales of Real Estate by Collectors of Taxes in the
several Counties and Cities in this State.
A supplement, 1832, ch. 84.

Proceedings
by which to
reclaim

property so

sold

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may
be lawful for the owner or owners, their heirs, executors or
administrators, or any person in their behalf, whose land or
other real estate may have been sold under execution for taxes
in the several counties and cities of this state, except Allegany
county and all that part of Baltimore county which is out of the
limits of the city of Baltimore, at any time within twelve months

Payment
required.

from the day of such sale, to pay to the commissioners of the
tax, or to any of them, or to the collector of tax, of the county
where said property sold may be situate, the amount of the
taxes and incidental expense, for and on account of which said
sale shall have taken place, together with a further sum at and

Sale an-
nulled.

after the rate of twenty per centum on such amount ; where-
upon the said sale shall cease to be of any effect, and shall be
null and void to every intent and purpose. And on such pay-
ment being made, it shall be the duty of the commissioners of
the tax aforesaid, when made to them or any of them, or on
its being reported to them by the collector aforesaid when made

Fact to be
recorded.

to him, to enter and record the fact of said payment stating
the amount paid, and the name of the owner or claimant of
the property sold, by or for whom said payment shall have been
made and the description of or designation of, to identify said