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sufficient deed, executed and acknowledged according to law, convey the
property sold, if the purchase money has been paid, and if the court has
finally ratified such sale, unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof, their
heirs or assigns; and if the treasurer, who made the sale, be dead or out
of office when the time for conveying the property has arrived, his suc-
cessor then in office shall convey the same.

1910, ch. 762, sec. 116B (p. 737). 1914, ch. 834, sec. 116B.

178. -Every tax deed shall contain the name of the former owner of the
property it conveys, and the Clerk of the Circuit, in whose office the same
may be recorded, shall index it, not only in the name of the grantor and
grantee, but also in the name or names of and as from the former owner
or owners to the grantee.

1908, ch. 341, sec. 117 (p. 748). 1910, ch. 762, sec. 117 (p. 787).
1914, ch. 834, sec. 117.

179. The treasurer shall receive in addition to his regular compensa-
tion from Dorchester County, the following fees: For advertising real
property for sale under the provisions of this Act, if the property be sold,
the treasurer shall receive a fee of three dollars and five per cent, of the
gross amount of sales, with his expenses, as provided in this Act, which
shall be payable only out of the proceeds of any sale made to enforce the
payment of taxes, and which shall be included in the cost and expenses
of said sale; but if the payment be made after advertisement and before
the sale, only the fee of three dollars shall be charged by the said treas-
urer, in addition to the expenses already accrued; and said treasurer shall
receive a fee of fifty cents for making .a statement of any taxes due on
personal property when said taxes are to be collected by the sheriff or
constable under the provisions of Sections 172 and 173 of this Article, and
the sheriff or constable shall include said fee in the cost of said collection;
and in all cases of the sale of real estate by the treasurer under the pro-
visions of this Act there shall be allowed the said treasurer from the pro-
ceeds of the sale in addition to other fees and expenses a reasonable sum
for counsel fees, not exceeding twenty dollars, to be fixed by the court
or agreement of the treasurer and the person interested therein, for report-
ing said sale to and procuring the ratification thereof by the Circuit Court
for Dorchester County.

1910, ch. 762, sec. 117A (p. 787). 1914. ch. 834, sec. 117A.

180. The County Commissioners of Dorchester County are hereby au-
thorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase any property
offered for sale for the payment of taxes, provided they shall not bid a
sum greater approximately than the taxes in arrears upon said property
and the interest and expenses of sale and all costs of reporting such sale,
and to sell and convey or lease the same, as in their judgment and dis-
cretion shall be deemed best for the interest of the county.