1388 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

and costs due from such persons computed to the day of sale;
sub-divided property shall be designated by lot, block and sub-
division; property not sub-divided shall be briefly described so
as to identify the land to be sold, (d) The notice shall be pub-
lished once in each week for three successive weeks in some
newspaper published in the town, if any such there be, and the
last day of publication shall be at least three days before the
day of sale; if there be no newspaper regularly published in
the town as often as once a week, or if the proposed charges for
publication shall be deemed excessive by the council, then notice
shall be printed and posted up in at least five conspicuous places
in the town for three weeks before the day of sale, and no other
notice shall be required, (e) The treasurer shall continue to
receive such taxes as are tendered with penalties and propor-
tionate cost of giving notice up to the time at which the prop-
erty chargeable therewith is offered for sale, (f) On the day
of the sale the treasurer shall, at the time and place designated
in his notice, offer for sale by public auction to the highest
bidder so much of the real estate advertised or posted in the
name of each delinquent taxpayer as shall be necessary to pay
the taxes, penalties and costs due from him, and shall continue
the sale from day to day until all the taxes are paid or until
each piece of property has been sold; where the real estate
advertised or posted as aforesaid shall consist of more than one-
parcel assessed to any one delinquent, such parcels, where it
is practicable to do so, shall be offered singly until enough has
been realized to pay the whole of the tax bill, interest, costs and
charges, as in this charter provided, and the remainder of such
parcel shall not be offered. In case, however, said real estate
shall consist of but one town lot, whether improved or not, it
shall be offered as a whole. If such property consists of a tract
of land not sub-divided into town lots, then only such portion
thereof shall be sold (same to be determined before the sale
and described in the advertisements), as, in the judgment of
the treasurer, shall be sufficient to pay the amount properly
chargeable against the delinquent owner.

Ibid. sec. 18.

224. The purchaser at a tax sale shall pay forthwith to
the treasurer the amount of taxes, penalties and costs. The
treasurer shall sign and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of
purchase, designating the land sold and the amount paid there-
for, and stating that unless the property shall be redeemed with-
in two years from the date of the sale, a deed will be given
to the Mayor of the town. Such certificates shall be assignable,
and an assignment thereof shall vest in the assignee all the