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after be authorized by law to levy upon property upon execu-
tion on judgments issued out of the Circuit Court for said
county, and shall advertise and sell personal property in the same
manner as is now or may hereafter be required by law in the
case of sales of personal property by the sheriff of said county,
and to deliver the property so sold to the purchaser or pur-
chasers thereof, and for the purpose of the levy of the sale
herein provided for, said treasurer shall have all the powers
now had or lawfully exercised by the sheriff of said Court,
executing executions on judgments of the Circuit Court for said
county, and shall if it be necessary have the same power now
or hereafter to be prescribed by law for the levy upon and the
sale of shares of stock in any association or corporation which
the sheriff of said county may or shall possess in executing
executions or judgments of said Court; and said treasurer shall
be entitled to receive out of the proceeds of sales made under
this section, the same fees and allowances as are now or may
hereafter be allowed by law to the sheriff of said county on
executions issued as aforesaid; this section to be construed as
an addition to, and not as a substitution for the powers of the
treasurer to collect taxes assessed upon personal property by
suit; and it is hereby expressly provided that said treasurer,
if he deem such course advisable, may proceed to collect any
and all taxes due upon such personal property by suit, in the
name of the County Commissioners of Prince George's County,
before any justice of the peace in and for said county. And out
of the proceeds of sale of such personal property the treasurer
shall pay all costs and expense incident to such sale, and the
taxes in arrears thereon and interest, and the surplus, if any,
he shall pay over to such delinquent taxpayer. And any sale
or sales of personal property made under the provisions of this
section shall be reported by the treasurer to the Circuit Court
for Prince George's County, in the same way that a sheriff's
sale is reported, within thirty days from said sale showing to
whom, and at what price, the articles of personal property
were respectively sold, the amount of taxes and of interest
accrued and costs of said sale.

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

Approved April 8, 1912.