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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cause the same to be graded, paved or otherwise

improved, and levy the expenses thereof on the

property binding on said street or alley, agreeable

to the extent of such lots thereon, and collect the

expense of paving, grading or otherwise improving

the same as directed in the next succeeding section.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That whenever the

mayor and councilmen shall levy any sum of money

'on the inhabitants of, or owners of, property in said

Levy for
grading, &c.

town, for the purpose of grading, paving or other-
wise improving the streets, lanes or alleys in said

town, or any of them, or for any other purpose

authorized by law, the sum levied shall be a lien on

the lot or lots on which the same may be levied, or

which may be owned by the person to whom they

are chargeable, until paid, and if such sum shall re-

main unpaid for sixty days after the same is due,

and there shall be no personal property within the

town on which the bailiff may levy, the same may

be levied on so much of the real estate of the person

owing such taxes as shall, in the opinion of the

mayor and councilmen, be sufficient ,to pay the

same, and the mayor and councilmen shall lay off

the part so levied upon ; and the bailiff shall, after

twenty days' notice in one or more newspapers

printed in Allegany county, of the manner, time and

Balance to

place of said sale, sell the part so laid off at public

owner.

sale, and after deducting the expenses of said sale

and paying the sums levied as aforesaid, shall pay

over the balance, if any, to the owner of said prop-

erty.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the said bailiff

shall make return of the said levy and all his pro-

ceedings therein, and about said sale, provided for

in the preceding section, therein setting forth the

Make return.

terms and length of notice and manner, times and

places of publication, or giving notice of said sale,

to the mayor and councilmen, who shall forthwith

deliver all of the said returns, together with all the

proceedings under which the same was made, to the

clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany county.

Return of

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That upon return of

levy.

said levy and proceedings to the circuit court, the