ART. 81] SUITS AGAINST COLLECTORS. 1823

the goods, chattels, rights and credits, lands and tenements of
such debtor and his sureties, which may be laid in the hands
of the county commissioners, or their clerk, or any collector
of said county, or any or all of them, in the discretion of the
State's attorney; and the proceedings on such attachments
shall in all respects be the same as in other attachments on
judgments or decrees.

1888, art. 81, sec. 77. 1860, art. 81, sec. 86. 1845, ch. 196, sec. 1.
1874, ch. 483. sec. 76.

80. 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
necessary 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 78. 1860, art. 81, sec. 87. 1846, ch. 143. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 77.

81. Whenever the State's attorney shall purchase any prop-
erty 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 contained shall deprive any party of the right of
redemption given in this article.

Suits Againsts Collectors.

Ibid. sec. 79 1860, art. 81, sec. 88. 1797, ch. 43, sec. 1.
1874, ch. 483, sec. 78.

82. 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 collector 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 an affidavit and such other proof as the court may