1262 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 766]

87. The treasurer shall enter upon the books provided for in
section 82 all transfers of property transmitted from the clerk's
office of the Circuit Court, so far as may be requisite to show
a change in the ownership of property appearing on said books,
and whenever all of any property shall not appear to have been
assigned, or the name of the party grantor does not appear on
the books of the treasurer, he shall deliver such abstracts to the
clerk of the county commissioners, to be by him preserved or
recorded as the county commissioners may direct; and the said
treasurer shall during the month of March succeeding each
levy, make out all tax bills which have not been paid in dupli-
cate form, and place the same in the hands of the several con-
stables or deputy sheriff of the district wherein the property
assessed is located, or the owners reside, to be delivered to the
parties owning the same, and each bill so made out shall con-
tain a notice that if the same be not paid on or before the first
day of June next after the date of said bill, the property upon
which such taxes may be owing will be levied upon and sold to
enforce payment thereof; and there shall be added to the prin-
cipal sum of such State and county taxes and interest thereon
the additional sum of twenty-five cents for payment of the costs
of the service of such bill for taxes. The bills so made out shall
be placed in the hands of the said constables or deputy sheriffs
on or before the first Monday in April after the date thereof,
and one copy of each bill shall be delivered to the person or
corporation against whom it is made out, or in the event of
failure to find such person in the district, shall be left with the
agent of such person, or conspicuously posted on the property
assessed, within thirty days after the receipt of the same; and
the constable or deputy sheriff receiving such tax bills shall
endorse upon one copy of the bill the time and manner of
service made, and return the same to the treasurer within thirty
days after making such service. The constable or deputy sheriff
shall be paid a fee of twenty cents for each tax bill and notice
served by him, payable by the treasurer out of the additional
charge of twenty-five cents when collected; and the remaining
five cents shall be retained by the treasurer for the cost of mak-
ing out the tax bill; and any constable or deputy sheriff who
shall make any false return under the provisions of this section
shall be liable to indictment therefor, and upon conviction he
shall pay a fine of fifty dollars, one-half thereof to go to the
informer.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.