148 ARTICLE 1.

ing the streets, alleys or highways in said town, or any of them, or for
any other purpose authorize by law, the sum levied shall be a lien on the
lot or lots on which the same may be levied, or which may be owned by
the person to whom they are chargeable until paid, and if such sum shall
remain unpaid for sixty days after the same is due, and there shall be
no personal property within the town on which the Clerk may levy, the
same may be levied on so much of the real estate of the person owing
such taxes as shall, in the opinion of the Mayor and Councilmen, be suffi-
cient to pay the same, and the Mayor and Councilmen shall lay off the
part so levied upon, and the Clerk shall, after twenty days' notice in one
or more newspapers printed in said town of the manner, time and place
of said sales, sell the part so laid off at public sale, and, after deducting
the expenses of said sale and paying the sums so levied as aforesaid, shall
pay over the balance, if any, to the owner of said property.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 25. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 25. 1914, ch. 42, sec. 25.

410. The said Clerk shall make return of the said levy and all pro-
ceedings had therein, and all proceedings in reference to said sales as
provided for in the preceding section, setting forth the times, length of
notice and the manner, times and places of publication and of giving notice
to the Mayor and Councilmen, who shall forthwith forward all of said
returns, together with all the proceedings under which the same was made,
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany County.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 26. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 26.

411. Upon return of said levy and the proceedings to the Circuit
Court, the same proceedings shall be had therein as provided by the Code
of Public General Laws for constable sales.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 27. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 27.

412. Upon final ratification and confirmation of said sale by the
Circuit Court for Allegany County, the Mayor and Councilmen shall
deliver to the purchaser a deed for the property so sold, executed in the
name of the Mayor and Councilmen of Lonaconing, by affixing thereto the
corporate seal of the town and the name of the Mayor, attested by the
Clerk, and acknowledged before an officer competent to take acknowledg-
ments of deeds, by some person designated by said Mayor and Council-
men for that purpose, which said deed shall convey unto the purchaser
the title to the property so sold.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 28. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 28.

413. The Mayor and Councilmen shall have power to contract for the
lighting of streets, alleys, highways, and public buildings for a term, not
exceeding five years at any one time, and any agreement or contract here-
tofore entered into by said Mayor and Councilmen for such purpose, for
a term not exceeding five years, is hereby declared to be valid and binding.