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shall not bid a sum greater approximately than the taxes in arrears on said
property and the interest and expenses of sale and costs, and may sell and
convey or lease the same, as in their judgment and discretion shall be

deemed best for the interests of the city.

1920, ch. 292.

47. If any person or persons, partnership, association or body corpo-
rate shall be assessed upon the assessment books of said town with personal
property only, and the amount of taxes levied thereon shall remain unpaid
on the 1st day of January next succeeding the annual levy of taxes in said
town, the said town clerk and treasurer shall, within one month after the
said 1st day of January in each and every year, or within one month after
the discovery of any property belonging to such delinquent, levy upon such
portions of the personal property assessed to such delinquent tax payers,
as may be necessary to pay the said taxes, interest, costs and fees, as herein
provided, in the same manner as the sheriff of Frederick County is now or

may hereafter be authorized by law to levy upon property on execution

on judgments issued out of the circuit court for said county, and shall

advertise and sell said personal property in the same manner as is now
or may hereafter be required by law in case of sales of personal prop-
erty by the Sheriff of said county, and to deliver the property so sold
to the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and for the purpose of the levy of
the sale, herein provided for, said town clerk and treasurer shall have all
the powers now had or lawfully exercised by the sheriff of said county, in
enforcing executions on judgments of the circuit court for said county,
and shall, if necessary, have the same powers, now or hereafter prescribed
by law, for the levy upon and sale of sha res of stock in any association or
corporation, which the sheriff of said county may or shall possess in en-
forcing executions on judgments of said court; and said town clerk and
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 here-
after be allowed by law to the sheriff of said county on executions issued
as aforesaid. And out of the proceeds of sale of such personal property,
the town clerk and treasurer shall pay all costs and expenses incident to
such sale, and the taxes in arrears thereon, together with interest, and the
surplus, if any, he shall pay over to such delinquent taxpayer. This sec-
tion to be construed as an addition to, and not as a substitution for, the
powers of the town clerk and treasurer to collect taxes assessed upon
personal property by suit; and it is hereby expressly provided that said
town clerk and 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 Mayor and Council of Brunswick, before any justice of the
peace, in and for said county, or in the circuit court for said county.

CONDEMNATION.
1916, ch. 456, sec. 17. 1918 Code, sec. 66.

48. The said Mayor and Council are authorized to acquire by purchase

from the owner or owners thereof any real or leasehold estate, improved