1122 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 695]

their warrant for the collection thereof, and such taxes shall
thereupon be collected as herein provided.

Taxes.

SEC. 224. The said Mayor and City Council shall have
power to levy and collect taxes in the town, not exceeding for
general purposes in any one year, twenty cents on each one
hundred dollars of assessable property and shall also levy the
taxes required to meet the interest and redeem all bonds here-
tofore legally issued, all of which taxes shall be levied during
the month of May in each and every year. The taxes so levied
shall be due and in arrear on the first day of October succeed-
ing their levy.

SEC. 225. A levy of not over two cents on each one hun-
dred dollars' worth of assessable property may be made annu-
ally for the purpose of equipment for the Fire Department.

SEC. 226. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the City
Council, within thirty days after the completion of the assess-
ment, in the years in which there is a general assessment, and
in every other year after the levy of taxes and not later than
the last day of May, to make up a complete schedule, in tripli-
cate and in alphabetical order, of all the property, real and
personal, subject to taxation, showing the owner's name and
address, value of assessment, both real and personal, with a
column for each separate tax and a column for the total, and
deliver, within the time before mentioned, one of said copies to
the Collector, one to the Treasurer, and retain and preserve the
other copy. He shall also furnish to the said Collector and
Treasurer the names .of all takers or users of water and electric
current.

SEC. 227. All taxes assessed against real and personal prop-
erty in said town which are not paid on or before the 31st day
of December in the year of their levy shall be in default, and
it shall then be the duty of the collector to advertise all such
real property for public sale on or before tie third Monday in
February of the year succeeding the year for which said taxes
remain unpaid, by advertisement in the papers published in
said town, or if there be no papers published in said town, then
in some paper published elsewhere in Prince George's county
at least three weeks before such sale, which advertisement shall
state the day of sale, the name of the party in whom the prop-
erty is assessed, if known, and the amount of taxes due with
interest and costs, and also a description of the property suffi-
cient to identify the same, which said sale shall be held at the
City Hall, commencing at ten o'clock A. M. and continue until