442 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 225]

tioned for the proper collection and payment to the State
Comptroller of all State taxes placed in his hands for collec-
tion, and another in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dol-
lars, conditioned for the proper collection and disbursement of
all moneys coming into his hands for the county, and the faith-
ful performance of other duties devolving upon him; such
bonds to be approved as bonds of the sheriffs of the respective

counties of this State are approved and to be recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County,
and a copy of said State bond shall be forwarded to the State
Comptroller as soon as the original shall have been recorded,
as above required. All county collectors of St, Mary's county
now having taxes on hand for collection for which their bond
is responsible, shall complete said collection and turn over the
money so collected to the County Commissioners of the said

county, except such sums as may be subject to orders hereto-
fore given on said collection by the County Commissioners for
said county.

25A. The said treasurer shall keep his office in Leonard-
town open from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in
the afternoon every working day, for the purpose of receiving

and disbursing taxes as directed by law, and shall also attend
in person or by deputy in some point in each election district
of said county one day each in the month of June, August and
October of each year, and of each sitting he shall give notice
by advertising in two newspapers published in said county
and by handbills posted up in three public places in each of
such election districts, stating when and the place where he
will be in each of said districts for collecting and receiving
said taxes; for all taxes after the first day of September suc-
ceeding the day of their levy, due and unpaid, there shall be
interest charged at the rate of six per cent, 'per annum; and
to enforce the collection of taxes it shall only be necessary for

him to notify generally delinquents by advertisement in one
or more newspapers published in St. Mary's county, and by
handbills posted in three or more public places in each election
district of said county, that their taxes are due and in arrears,
and that unless they are paid, with all interest and costs, within
twenty days from the date of such notice, their property,
if it be real estate, will be sold as provided for by law without
any levy or appraisement; and after giving at least thirty
days' notice of the time, terms and place of sale of such real
estate, which place shall be at the Court House door in Leonard-
town, by advertisement in the St. Mary's Beacon and the St.
Mary's Enterprise, being two newspapers published in said