364 CALVERT COUNTY. [ART. 5.
Columbia, and by advertisement set up at three of the most
public places in the neighborhood adjoining the lands on which
the taxes are due, of the time and place of sale, and at the time
of making the sale, shall give a certificate to the purchaser,
under his hand and seal, verified by affidavit, stating the
quantity of timber sold, and shall also return a similar certifi-
cate to the county commissioners of Calvert county at their
next meeting, to be recorded among their proceedings.
77. The purchaser of any timber so sold may, at any time
within twelve months from the day of sale, enter upon the lands
on which the same is growing, and cut down and carry away
the quantity of timber purchased, having first given ten days'
notice to the collector or deputy collector of the time of so doing,
and the collector or his deputy shall attend on the land at the
time specified, and take a receipt from the purchaser for the
amount of timber sold, and return the same to the county com-
missioners, to be recorded among their proceedings.
78. If any such person shall take, cut or carry away from off
said lands, a greater quantity of timber than he purchased at
such sale, he shall forfeit and pay for every cord of wood or
hundred of fence rails so cut, taken and carried away, above the
quantity purchased, the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered
before a justice of the peace, the one-half to the informer and
the other half to the owner of the land, and shall also be liable
to the owner of the land for the damage done.
79. The property of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Calvert
county shall be exempt from the payment of county taxes.
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