1234 REVENUE AND TAXES. [ART. 81.

P. G. L., (I860,) art. 81, sec. 86 1845, ch 196, sec. 1. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 76.

77t Whenever real estate, or property of any description shall
have been seized and taken in execution at the suit of the State,
the State's attorney for the proper county or city of Baltimore
may bid for and purchase the same at the sale thereof, for the use
of the State, if, in his opinion, it shall be ne-iessary and proper to
do so, for the protection of the interest of the State; provided,
the sum bid shall in no case exceed the amount of the State's
demand and the costs and expenses of sale.

Ibid. sec. 87. 1846, ch 143. 1874, ch. 483, sec 77.

78. Whenever the State's attorney shall purchase any property
under the preceding section he may sell or lease the same, and
may recover any money due the State by such sale or lease by
sale or distress; and he may, in case of a sale, execute a deed for
the property sold, upon a compliance by the purchaser with the
terms of sale; and the treasurer shall pay the cost of advertising
such property as may remain unsold, but nothing therein con-
tained shall deprive any party of the right of redemption given in
this article.

Suits Against Collectors.

P. G. L., (I860,) art 81, sec 88. 1797, ch. 43, sec. 1. 1874, ch 483, sec. 78.

79. If any collector of county or city taxes shall refuse or
neglect to pay over any money he has received or collected, or
ought to have collected, the person entitled to receive the same
may apply to the circuit court for the county, or any of the courts
of law in Baltimore city having jurisdiction over the amount
claimed, and such court shall render judgment against such col-
lector for the amount due from him; provided, that no such
judgment shall be entered unless the person applying'for the same
shall exhibit to the court an account of the sum due, verified by
affidavit and such other proof as the court may require, and shall
also prove to the satisfaction of the court that he hath served a
copy of such account on said collector and demanded payment
thereof, at least twenty days before the meeting of the court at
which the application is made.