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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1797.

Penalty for
neglect, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the collector of any
county shall omit or neglect to return a list as aforesaid, upon
being thereto directed in writing by the commissioners of the
tax of such county, or a majority of them, he shall forfeit and
pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be deducted
out of the commission arising to such collector from the collec-
tion of such county, 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.

Commis-
sioners to
advertise,
&c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for the commissioners of the tax of such county, 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, 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 charge-
able for the same, to be inserted at least once per week for and
during four weeks in some one of the Baltimore papers, and in
the paper that may be most convenient to said county, notifying,
that unless the county charges due on the lands as aforesaid
shall be paid to the collector of said county within the space of
thirty days after the publication of the notice aforesaid is com-
pleted, 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.

And direct
the collec-
tor to sell,
&c.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in all cases where the
county charges of any county as aforesaid shall not be paid by
the day or time mentioned in such advertisements, it shall and
may be lawful for the commissioners of the tax of such county,
or a majority of them, and they are hereby authorized and
required, to direct the collector of such county, after twenty
days' previous notice at the court-house door, and at the most
public places in such county, to sell to the highest bidder such
tract or tracts of land, or such lot or lots of ground, or such part
or parcels thereof as may be sufficient to discharge the taxes
thereon due, and the same when sold to transfer, by deed of
bargain and sale, to the purchaser thereof; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or
empower the collector of such county to sell more of any tract
or tracts of land, than may prove sufficient to discharge the
taxes and legal charges thereon due ; and provided also, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or
empower the collector of such county to sell more of any lot of
ground in any town or city in such county than may be suffi-
cient to discharge the taxes and legal charges thereon due,
unless the commissioners of the tax of such county, or a majo-