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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

pro rata, to all who shall present such certificates within ten days after the first of each and every month, for the amount that may then appear to be in his hands to their credit, and. continue so to draw as they may find funds in the hands of said treasurer to their credit, until they have discharged all the indebtedness due and owing by Prince George's county, for which the said levy or assessment was made; it is hereby declared to be the intention and meaning of this act that the county commissioners

County certificates.

shall, when requested, issue county certificates of indebtedness to any person having a levy on their books showing the amount due by Prince George's county to them, which shall be transferable and taken up by the said county commissioners by draft on the treasurer, as hereinbefore provided; and the clerk of the county commissioners shall be entitled

Additional compensation

to the sum of four hundred dollars per annum, for the increased duties imposed upon him by this act, in addition to the compensation he now receives; the treasurer shall immediately, upon receiving the assessment or rate of tax, proceed as hereinafter provided for to collect the same, and may at any time, after he has given the required notices prescribed by this act, proceed to sell, as hereinafter provided, either real or personal property of the person, body politic or corporate in whose name it stands assessed for the payment of the same, and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners at any time after county or State taxes are due and in arrears, to authorize the county treasurer by general order to sell the real or personal property of any person, body politic or corporate who may be then owing State or county taxes, due and in arrear as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary in the order of the commissioners to mention the name of the delinquent or the property

Enforce payment.

owned by him, her, or them, only that the county treasurer be hereby authorized to enforce the payment of any State or county taxes due and in arrear to Prince George's county, and the said order as passed by them shall be published for four weeks in one of the county papers published in said county, which said order shall give the said treasurer full authority, after the expiration of the said published order, to proceed and enforce payment of same, as