JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 817

sell the said shares, or as many of the same as may-
be necessary, to the highest and the best bidder for
cash, to satisfy the said taxes, and the costs and ex-
penses of said sale, including the cost of said adver-
tisement.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the said collector, as soon as practicable after said
sale or sales, to report the same in writing to the cir-	To report in
cuit court of the county, or the City Court of Balti-	writing.
more city, as the case may be, with an affidavit of
the truth thereof, and of the fairness of said sale or
sales annexed ; and it shall be the duty of said court
to whom the said sale or sales shall be so reported, at
the earliest day practicable, to examine into the mat-
ter of the said report, and if it shall appear to the said
court that the provisions of this act have been sub-
stantially complied with, and that the purchase money
for the said shares of stock so sold, has been paid to
the said collector, to confirm said sale, and to order
the president and directors of the said bank to trans-	To confirm
fer the said shares of stock so sold, on the books of	said sale
said bank, to the purchaser thereof, and to issue a
certificate to said purchaser therefor ; and said order
shall entitle the said purchaser to said shares of stock
so sold as aforesaid; and if said court shall find that
the provisions of this act have not been complied
with, said court shall set the said sale aside, and shall
order the said collector to proceed to sell the said
shares according to the provisions of this act.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said State taxes	Shall be a lien.
shall be a Hen on said shares of stock, standing in
the names of such stockholders respectively, from
the time of the making of said report by said cashier
as aforesaid until paid, and no transfer of the same
by said stockholers, after the making of said report
shall be available to pass any title to the said shares
of stock until said taxes are so paid as aforesaid.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if, before the time
of making said report by said cashier, any of said	Transferred.
stockholders having shares of stock standing on the
books of said bank, in any of the years for which
said shares have been omitted, to be assessed and
taxed as aforesaid, shall have bona fide transferred
said shares or any portion thereof to some other
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