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sell the same at public or private sale for the highest amount they can
obtain therefor. In the event of a sale, either public or private, a deed of
conveyance shall be executed by the County Commissioners or in Baltimore
City by the Board of Finance Commissioners, to the purchaser upon re-
ceiving the full amount of the purchase price; thereupon the County Com-
missioners or the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore shall pay over to
the Collector the amount of taxes, together with all interest and charges
due and chargeable on said property, and any balance that may be left
after paying the costs and expenses incurred in the purchase and sale of
said property, shall pass into the general treasury of the County or City
for the general uses thereof.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 64. 1912, sec. 58. 1904, sec. 56. 1888, sec. 55. 1842, ch. 133, sec. 2.
1874, ch. 483, sec. 54. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 85.

89. Any sale of lands by a collector, where the owners are described
as the heirs of a named person, shall pass the title as fully as if such heirs
were each named in the proceedings by his proper name.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 66. 1912, sec. 60. 1904, sec. 58. 1888, sec. 57. 1845, ch. 365.
1874, ch. 483, sec. 56. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 86.

90. If the purchaser of such real estate shall die without having pro-
cured a deed from the Collector, the Collector may convey the said real
estate to the devisees or heirs of the purchaser, or in case of a sale subject
to a ground rent to his executor.

Resistance to Collectors.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 70. 1912, sec. 64. 1904, sec. 62. 1888, sec. 61. 1844, ch. 236, sec. 9.
1874, ch. 483, sec. 60. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 87.

91. If any person shall resist, strike or menace with violence any
collector in the discharge of his duties, or shall resist, attack or menace
with violence any person present, and bidding or proposing to bid at any
tax sale of property by a collector as aforesaid, the said Collector may
summon for his defense the posse comitatus, and each person so summoned
shall be allowed fifty cents per day, to be levied on the county or city as
other charges; and if any person summoned shall refuse to serve, he shall
be liable to a fine of five dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the
peace, one-half to the use of the party prosecuting and the other half to
the county or city.
As to abolition of informer's fees, see art. 38, sec. 3.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 71. 1912, sec. 65. 1904, sec. 63. 1888, sec. 62. 1844, ch. 236, sec. 16.
1874, ch. 483, sec. 62. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 88.

92. If any collector shall have good reason to believe that he will be
resisted by violence in the discharge of his duty in making a sale, he may,
prior to the day of the sale, summon the posse comitatus for his protection
and the protection of peaceable persons attending such sale and the said
posse comitatus when so summoned and attending shall be paid as herein-
before directed, and shall be liable to be proceeded against as hereinafter
provided for failure or refusing to attend.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 72. 1912, sec. 66. 1904, sec. 64. 1888, sec. 63. 1844, ch 236 sec 10
1874, ch. 483, sec. 61. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 89.

93. If any person shall strike or assault a collector in the discharge of
his duty, or shall strike or assault any person serving as one of the posse