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the book or folio where the deed for said property may be found,
and the date of the deed; in no case shall a description by metes
and bounds be necessary nor shall a greater sum than four dollars
be paid for any newspaper advertisement thereof.

1878, ch. 404.

50. When any real estate shall be sold under the provisions
of the preceding section, the sale shall be for cash, and shall be
reported to the circuit court for Baltimore county, upon which
report there shall be a brief order nisi published, as in cases of
judicial sales by trustees; and if the court shall find that the
provisions of said section have been complied with, the sale shall
be ratified. Upon the ratification of such sale the treasurer shall
convey to the purchaser the property purchased by him, upon
payment of the costs of such deed by the purchaser; and the
bond of the treasurer shall be liable for the money paid by the
purchaser in the event of the sale not being ratified, and for all
monies accruing from such sale. The treasurer shall retain ont
of the proceeds of the sale the amount of taxes and interest
thereon, and costs of notice, levy, sale, and report thereof to the
court, and pay over any excess to the owner of the property thus
sold; and in all cases of the sale of real estate under said section,
the owner thereof prior to the sale may redeem the same at any
time within two years by repayment to the purchaser thereof the
amount paid by him, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per
centum per annum from the day of sale.

Ibid.

51. The treasurer shall be entitled to the following fees for
levying upon property to enforce payment of taxes; for sum-
moning and swearing two appraisers and making out a schedule,
two dollars and fifty cents, and the appraisers shall be entitled to
fifty cents each; if the property be sold, the treasurer shall
receive five per cent, on the gross amount of sales, with such
expenses as may be incurred in printing and advertising; but if
the amount due shall be paid without sale, he shall receive four
per cent, on the amount collected, with such expenses as may
have been incurred in making levy, printing and advertising, and
in all cases the party paying shall be entitled to an itemized bill;