JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 161

SECTION 44. Be it enacted, That the Treasurer of Prince George's county shall be the collector of all State and county taxes, for Prince George's county that may be levied by the county commissioners of said county; that he shall have full power and au-	Be collector.
thority to receive and collect all State and county taxes, levied as aforesaid, with all power to enforce the payment of the same, and to convey title to any real or personal estate sold by him for the payment of State or county taxes; the sale of any real estate sold by him, shall always be reported to the Circuit Court, for Prince George's county, for ratification, and if it shall appear that the said treasurer has complied with the requirements of this act and the existing laws of the State of Maryland, not incon-	Powers.
sistent with the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the said court to ratify the same, and if not redeemed within the time prescribed by existing law, the said treasurer shall convey the same in fee simple to the purchaser thereof; the said treasurer may receive county certificates of indebtedness from persons owing county taxes to the amount of three fourths of the county taxes hereafter to be placed in his hands, due by them respectively, provided the said certificates are payable out of the levy of the current year, and he shall reserve, out of the money collected by him, a sufficient sum to pay the amount levied in each current year for public schools, and shall pay the same over to the board of county school commissioners of said county, as follows, one- fourth on or before the first of November next suc- ceeding the date of the levy, one-fourth on or before the first of February, one-fourth on or be/ore the first of April next, and the remaining one-fourth on or before the first day of July thereafter, and the deduction allowed on the county tax by this section shall not be made to any person or persons unless the whole county tax against them be paid before the time therein specified; and the said treasurer shall be required to report monthly to the county commissioners the amount collected by him; and on the first day of July, succeeding, the date of the levy for each current year and not before, the said county commissioners may draw upon the said treasurer, 11	Ratify