EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
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by the said clerk and treasurer, in payment only of such debts
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and accounts owing by the said Mayor and Council, and after
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the same have been duly approved by the Council and ordered
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to be paid.
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140. Sub-Section 7. Whenever it becomes necessary for the
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Enforcing the
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said collector to enforce the payment of taxes by sale of real
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payment of
taxes.
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or personal property, he shall first give the notice required by
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Section 152, Sub-section 12, of this Act, as hereinafter set
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forth ; and at the expiration of the time therein named he may
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at once proceed to advertise such real property, or so much
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thereof as may be necessary, once a week for two successive
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weeks prior to the day of sale in some newspaper published in
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Salisbury, and by ten days' notice set up at the Court House
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door in Salisbury ; and any advertised notice of sale under this
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Act shall be deemed sufficient if it contains the time, place and
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terms of such sale, the year or years for which the taxes are
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due, to whom the property is assessed, with such description
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thereof as shall be sufficient to identify the same ; and no levy
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upon land shall be required when the same is sold by the said
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treasurer under the provisions of this Act ; no notice or notices,
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other than those provided for in this Act, shall be necessary or
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required to make valid any sale herein authorized to be made ;
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and if he shall enforce the payment of taxes by sale of personal
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property, he shall give at least ten days' notice thereof by no-
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Ten days'
notice to be
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tice set up at the Court House door, and by publishing same
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given.
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at least in one of the papers published in Salisbury.
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140. Sub-Section 8. When any real estate shall have been
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sold under this Act for taxes by the said collector, he shall
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Sale of real es-
tate for taxes.
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report the sale thereof, with his proceedings in relation thereto,
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to the Circuit Court for Wicomico County; and if the court
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shall find that the provisions of this Act in relation thereto have
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been complied with, the court shall pass an order nisi warning
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all persons interested in the property sold to be and appear by
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a certain day in said order nisi named to show cause why said
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sale shall not be ratified, and a copy thereof shall be published
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as the court may direct ; and if any objection to the ratification
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of said sale shall be filed within the time limited by the said
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order nisi, and if the objector is unable or fails to show that
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the treasurer has not complied with the provisions of this Act,
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the sale shall be finally ratified by the said court; and for the
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purpose of hearing objections and ratifying the said sale the
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said court shall be deemed always to be open as in chancery
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proceedings. If the objectors to a sale under this Act show to
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the satisfaction of the court that the said collector has failed to
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