WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 303

	CHAPTER 196.
	AN ACT to amend the Public Local Laws of Bal-
	timore county, article three, sub-title "Treas-
	urer and Collector," by repealing and re-enact-
	ing section twelve of the act passed at January
	session, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,
	chapter four hundred and ninety-four, and by
	adding an additional sub-section to section four-
	teen of said act.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That section twelve of the act passed
	at January session of the Legislature, eighteen
	hundred and seventy-eight, chapter four hundred and ninety-four, of the Public Local Laws of Bal-	Repealed and sub-section added.
	timore county, article three, sub-title "Treasurer
	and Collector," be repealed and re-enacted so as to
	read as follows, and that the following sub-sec-
	tion be added to section fourteen of said act.
	SECTION 12. And be it enacted, That if the taxes
	levied shall not have been paid on or before the
	first day of June in the year succeeding that on	Enforce pay-
	which they shall have been levied, the Treasurer	ment.
	shall, within six months from the said first day of
	June, proceed to enforce payment of the same by
	a levy upon the real or personal property of the
	party neglecting to pay ; provided the notice pro-
	vided for in the preceding section shall have been
	given. If the taxes be due and owing upon real
	property, or upon real and personal, the Treasurer
	is hereby authorized to levy upon either real or
	personal property to enforce payment of the same,
	but no levy upon real estate shall be deemed valid	When valid.
	unless made upon the premises and appraised upon
	view ; and no levy upon personal property shall be
	deemed valid unless some portion of it be taken
	into possession ; and whenever real estate is sus-
	ceptible of division, so that a part thereof will
	sell for enough to pay the taxes due and all costs,
	the Treasurer may, in his discretion, employ a sur-