ST. MARY'S COUNTY. 4311

for and paid over according to law. He shall be the collector of all State
and county taxes that may be levied by the County Commissioners for St.
Mary's County, or otherwise, and shall have power and authority to receive
and collect said taxes and to enforce the payment thereof, and to convey
title to any real or personal estate sold by him for the payment thereof;
and when there be no bidders for property offered for sale by said treas-
urer, it shall be lawful for the County Commissioners of said county to
purchase said real estate and to convey the same when sold by them by
good and sufficient deed. The said treasurer shall receive county certifi-
cates from taxpayers to the amount of the taxes due by them respectively.
Provided the said certificates are payable out of the levy of the current
year; and he shall reserve out of the money collected by him a sufficient
sum to pay the amount levied in each current year for public schools, and
shall pay the same over to the Board of County School Commissioners,
one-fourth each on or before the first day of November, February, April
and July. The said treasurer shall be entitled to the following fees: For
giving the notice to enforce the payment of taxes, the sum of fifty cents
for each notice given, as hereinbefore provided, and in addition thereto
for property sold he shall receive a poundage fee of three per cent, on the

gross amount of sales; but, if the amount of bill be paid prior to sale,

after the same shall have been advertised, he shall only receive as poundage
fee one per cent, on the amount collected; those several fees to be charged
as a part of the tax bill of the delinquent taxpayer.

1929, ch. 295.

64. The said County Treasurer is hereby directed to report to the
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County on or before the first day

of May each year the amount of revenue collected by him during the pre-
ceding year from the license tax on dogs and from taxes on motor vehicles
and the disbursements made by him from the revenues received from each

of said taxes.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 35. 1880, oh. 129.

65. The provisions of Sections 241 to 245 of Article 4 of the public
local laws, title "City of Baltimore," relating to "Cruelty to Animals,"

shall apply to St. Mary's county as fully as if repeated in this article.

Secs. 241-245 of Art. 4 were repealed by ch. 496, 1902. Ch. 198, 1890, superseded
said sections. See Annotated Code, Art. 27, secs. 69-70, and Falkenham v. State,
73 Md. 463.

ELECTION DISTRICTS.

P. L. Lt, 1888, Art. 19, sec. 37. 1860, Art. 18, sec. 35. 1876, ch. 283. 1878, ch. 466.
1882, ch. 140. 1884, ch. 259. 1888, ch. 522.

66. St. Mary's county is divided into nine election districts, according
to their present names, bounds and limits, and all elections for public offi-

cers shall be held, in each of said districts, at the place now established
dor that purpose.