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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of October a discount of one per cent shall be made; on all taxes paid during the month of November a discount of one half of one per cent shall be made; and upon all bills paid during the month of December the amount thereof, without discount or interest shall be required, but upon all bills remaining unpaid after that time, interest shall be charged and collected from the date when they shall have been due and payable.

Attend in person.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer to attend in person or by deputy in each election district two days between the first day of September and thirty-first day of December in each year for the purpose of receiving taxes, and the place and time of such visit shall be made known, not less than one week in advance, by handbills conspicuously posted in various places of the district; and he shall attend in same mariner in the City of Baltimore, one day in each month, for the like purpose, and the time and place shall be announced at least one week in advance, by advertisement one day in some newspaper published in the said city, and the entire yearly expenses for these duties shall in no case exceed the sum of one hundred dollars in addition to his salary.

Publish list.

SEC. 11. Be it enacted, That on the first Monday of February following, he shall prepare and publish two several times in two newspapers issued in Baltimore county, having the largest circulation, and one in the City of Baltimore, a list of all delinquent taxpayers setting forth the name of the person to whom the property is assessed, where located, the year for which the taxes are due, -and the original amount of the same, all of which shall be embraced in a single line.

Send by mail.

SEC. 12. Be it enacted. That if any taxes so levied shall not be paid according to thia act, prior to the first day of April in the year following that on which they shall have been levied, the treasurer shall send by mail to the person, or his agent, by whom the same is due, addressed to the supposed nearest postoffice, a copy of the said tax bill with the interest due and a notice annexed, stating that unless the