CECIL COUNTY. 2011

1896, ch. 198, sec. 195E.

297. On the first day of January in each year, taxes shall be deemed
in arrear, and upon all taxes remaining unpaid after that time, interest
shall be charged and collected from the date when they shall have been due-
and payable; and immediately after the first day of January, the treasurer
shall cause notice to be given to each delinquent, showing the amount of his
assessment, the taxes due thereon, and the charges that have been added,
and warning said delinquent that unless settlement in full be made before
the first day of April next ensuing, the property so assessed and taxed will
be levied on, advertised and sold according to the provisions of the Code
of Public General Laws, and all tax bills unpaid on the first day of April
in each year shall be placed in the hands of the sheriff of Cecil County,
who shall proceed to seize the property on which taxes are due, and dispose
of the same to pay said taxes and charges thereon, and all costs of sale;
and for this purpose the sheriff is clothed with all the powers possessed
by collectors of taxes under the provisions of the Code of Public General
Laws; and the sheriff shall report to the treasurer before the first day of
June in each year all collections made by him; provided, that if the
value of the property levied upon shall not be sufficient to cover the amount
of taxes in arrears, charges thereon, and the cost of advertising and sale as-
required by the Code of Public General Laws, then a less expensive method
of advertising and sale shall be adopted; provided, however, that at least
three public notices of said sale shall be posted in the town of North East
not less than ten days prior to the sale, and the treasurer shall close the tax
account each year on or before the third Monday in June, and shall compel
the settlement of all claims for taxes in full on or before that date.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 196. 1870, ch. 100. 1892, ch. 149, sec. 196.

298. The said President and Commissioners shall have power to pass
ordinances regulating the market, "the inspection, measurement and weight
of all provisions, grain and wood sold in and to be consumed in the town,
to suppress all disorderly meetings; to prohibit the use of profane language,
drunkenness, fighting and disorderly conduct in the town, to prevent the
firing of cannon, guns, pistols, squibs or any kind of firearms or fireworks
in the town to prevent, suppress and abate all nuisances, to prevent the-
running at large in the town of horses, mules, cattle, swine, geese, ducks,
goats and dogs; to prevent any immoderate driving through the streets of
the town with carriage, stage, cart, wagon or other vehicle, or on horseback
so as to endanger the lives, limbs or property of the citizens, or disturb
the quiet enjoyment of the streets and thoroughfares; to prevent the
parading and indecent exhibition of any stallion in the town; to preserve
order and secure persons and property from violence danger or destruction,
and they may impose fines, penalties and forfeitures for the violation of
any of said ordinances, but no fine or penalty shall exceed the sum of ten
dollars; and all fines and penalties imposed by said ordinances shall be
collected by suit before a justice of the peace, in the name of the corpora-
tion, as other small debts are collected; and in case of default of payment