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said judges to the tax department of said city, and not after-
wards; and said judges shall further keep a record of all abate-
ments made by them as aforesaid, and report in writing the
aggregate amount thereof during the year to said mayor and city
council, on or before the fifteenth day of March in each year.

1874, ch. 89.

830. They may extend the limits of direct taxation within the
said city from time to time, as they shall deem it expedient.

SALE AND REDEMPTION OF PROPERY.

P L. L, (1860,) art. 4, sec. 673.

831. They have power to provide by ordinance or otherwise
for the prompt collection of taxes due the city, and have power
to sell real estate, as well as personal property, for the payment
of taxes.

Eschbach v. Pitta, 6 Md. 71.

1878, ch. 227.

832. Whenever it shall become necessary to sell any part or
parcel of ground in the city of Baltimore, improved or unim-
proved, for the payment of any taxes or assessment of any nature
or kind whatever, levied or charged, the collector shall first give
notice by advertisement published once a week for four successive
weeks in two of the daily newspapers published in said city, one
of which shall be in the German language, that he will sell at
public auction on the day in the said advertisement mentioned;
said notice shall state the name of the person, when known, to
whom such parcel of ground is assessed, the amount of taxes due
on the same, and what improvements, if any, are on said parcel
of ground; and in any such notice it shall be sufficient to describe
the parcel of ground as located upon whatever official plat of the
city the said mayor and city council of Baltimore shall from time
to time adopt and designate for the purpose.

Polk v. Rose, 25 Md 153. Polk v. Pendleton, 31 Md 125 Co. Comm'rs of
Prince George's Co v. Clarke, 36 Md 207.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 875.

833. The collector shall require the purchaser of such prop-
erty on the day of sale, or the day next succeeding, to pay on