106 BALTIMORE COUNTY. [ART. 3.

advertisement in at least one newspaper published in Baltimore
county, and by handbills posted at at least two public places in
the neighborhood of the said property, for cash to the highest
bidder, and shall be entitled to retain out of the proceeds of such
sale the amount of taxes, together with all costs incurred by said
collector in making said levy and sale; and should the proceeds
of such sale exceed the amount of taxes due, and costs incurred,
then the said collector shall pay over such excess to the owner
of the property so sold, and shall execute and deliver to the pur-
chaser, (should the property sold be real estate,) a good and
sufficient deed therefor.

60. In all cases of the sale of real estate under the preceding
section, the party owning the same prior to the sale shall be
authorized to redeem the said real estate, by payment to the pur-
chaser thereof, within the period of two years from the date of
such sale, the amount of the purchase money for which the same
may have been sold, -with interest thereon at the rate of ten per
centum per annum from the date of the day of sale.

.61. The costs to the collector in making a distress for taxes as
herein authorized and directed shall be as follows: for summon-
ing and swearing two appraisers and making out a schedule, one
dollar, and the appraisers shall be entitled to fifty cents each for
their services; if the property be sold, said collector shall receive
five per centum on the gross amount of sales, and such expenses
as may be incurred in advertising and printing.

62. It shall be the duty of the several collectors to ascertain
from all the tax payers from whom they may collect the taxes,
and take a memorandum of all accumulation of assessable pro-
perty of every kind according to the existing tax laws, and make
return of the same to the county commissioners, and the said
commissioners shall allow said collectors a fair compensation for
all their services in making said return.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

63. There shall be three county commissioners for Baltimore
county.

64. Each county commissioner shall be entitled to receive three
dollars per day for the time he shall necessarily attend to the
duties of his office, and five cents per mile mileage for going to