3020 ARTICLE 13.

ever the Treasurer shall deem it unnecessary to sell the entire real property
with which a delinquent taxpayer is assessed, he shall estimate the quan-
tity thereof which in his judgment will be sufficient to pay the taxes ia
arrear, interest and cost of sale, and shall require the county surveyor to
lay off and make a plat and description of the same, and the part so laid
off shall be sold by the plat and description so made, and it shall be suffi-
cient in the advertisement of the property of delinquent taxpayers ten
mention the quantity of land to be sold from the property described "as
per plat and description to be exhibited on the day of sale," and the-
County Surveyor is hereby required to make all surveys, plats and descrip-
tion required hereunder and to complete and deliver the same to the
Treasurer on or before the day of sale, as advertised, and he shall receive
therefor a sum not exceeding ten dollars for each and every survey, platt.
and description so made and delivered, said sum to be fixed by the Treas-
urer in each case after consideration of the work involved therein, and
to be taxed as part of the cost and paid out of the proceeds of sale of such
land, or by the delinquent taxpayer if payment is made before the day of
sale; and the Treasurer shall direct the surveyor where to locate the part
of said property to be sold and shall file the plat and description thereof
with his report of sales to the Circuit Court for said county; the provi-
sions of this section shall not apply to lots in towns and subdivisions in
said county near or adjacent to towns or laid off for town purposes, but
such lots shall be sold entire, and in the advertisement thereof it shall be
a sufficient description to give the number of the lot or blocks or section
and reference to the plat of said town or sub-divisions, where such lot is
located and the place where such plat is located; provided, that if a delin-
quent taxpayer is assessed with more than one lot in towns and sub-divi-
sions in said county as aforesaid, only such number of lots shall be sold
as may be necessary to discharge all taxes in arrear, interest and costs,
with which such taxpayer may be charged.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 486.

487. All notices and advertisements required by this Act shall be pub-
lished in two newspapers of general circulation published in said county.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 487.

488. All laws or parts of laws, general or local, inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 488.

489. The intention of this Act is to facilitate and expedite the collec-
tion of taxes in Harford County, and thereby generally promote the busi-
ness of the 'County Commissioners' office in said county, and for that
purpose all the provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed and all
powers belonging to collectors of taxes of said county at the date of the
passage of the Act of 1898, Chapter 204, so far as the same are not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act and its purposes, and so far as the-