PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 3941

the deed executed by the successor in office of the Collector who made the
sale as aforesaid, such report and such conveyance shall be as valid to
all intents and purposes as they would have been if made by the Collector
who made the sale. Whenever property in the town of Laurel has been
sold for taxes, pursuant to law, by one Collector, and such sale has been
reported by the Collector who made the same, but the deed for such prop-
erty has been executed and delivered by the successor in office of the Col-
lector who made such sale and report as aforesaid such conveyance shall
be as valid to all intents and purposes as it would have been if made by
the Collector who made and reported the sale.

1929, ch. 292.

642. The Mayor and City Council of Laurel may purchase at the
public sale held on or before the third Monday in February in each year
under the provisions of Section 638 any property offered for sale for taxes
or assessments in default for an amount not exceeding the taxes and assess-
ments against said property and the costs of said sale, and in case of such
purchase, the provisions of Sections 638, 639, 640 and 641 as to purchasers
of such property shall apply to the said Mayor and City Council, except
that the Mayor and City Council shall credit itself with the purchase price-
instead of paying the same as provided for other purchasers under Sec-
tion 639, and if the property so sold to it shall not be redeemed at the
expiration of one year and a day from the day of sale, the Collector shall
execute a deed for the same to the Mayor and City Council. Thereafter
the Mayor and City Council is authorized to sell said property at pri-
vate sale by resolution of the City Council duly approved by the Mayor
to any person or persons offering to purchase same for an amount not less'
than the total taxes and assessments levied against said property, includ-
ing those for which the property was sold and costs of such sale and trans-
fer to the Mayor and City Council, and to execute a deed to the purchaser
therefor on receipt of the purchase price, signed for said corporation by
the Mayor and the President of the City Council with the seal of the town
attached, attested by the Clerk to the City Council, which deed shall be
acknowledged on behalf of the Mayor and City Council by the Mayor.

1912, ch. 695, sec. 231.

643. Whenever there shall be a default in the payment of taxes on
personal property and the Collector shall have distrained or levied upon
the same for non-payment of any taxes due by the owner thereof, before
making sale of the property so distrained or levied upon, said Collector
shall give notice by advertisement published once a week for two succes-
sive weeks prior to the day of sale, in one or more newspapers published
in said town, or if there be no newspaper published in said town, then in
some newspaper published elsewhere in Prince George's County that he
will sell for cash, at public auction, to the highest bidder, on the day and
at the time and place mentioned in said advertisements, the property there-
in specified, unless on or before the day of sale the entire amount of taxes.