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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

be considered as released or be cancelled, until in one mode or

the other he has fully settled his accounts secured thereby, and

fulfilled the duties or his said office.

58. The said treasurer shall ,be entitled as compensation for

his services to a commission of four per centum on all the taxes

actually collected by him, which shall be in full for all the ser-

vices required of and rendered by him in the discharge of the

duties of his office, and no extra compensation shall be allowed

or claimed by him, except such costs and fees hereinbefore speci-

Compen-

fied as may accrue in the enforcement of the payment of taxes

sation.

and for assessing new property; and should said treasurer find it

necessary for his convenience at any time to appoint a deputy, h&

shall pay said deputy out of his said compensation, and he shall

be answerable for the acts of such deputy; and the countycom-

missioners shall at the time of making the annual levy, levy a

sufficient sum by estimate to cover the discount to tax-payers

and the compensation to the treasurer provided for in this and

the preceding sections.

59. Where land is in the hands of trustee or trustees for sale or

otherwise, whether by virtue of a decree of court, or under a deed

Enforce
payment

of trust, and the taxes thereon are in arrears under the pro-

visions of this sub-title of this article, the said treasurer may

enforce the payment of such taxes in the same manner as if such

land were not in the hands of a trustee or trustees.

60. Whenever land shall be sold by the treasurer, the owner

May re-

thereof prior to the sale may redeem the same by paying into

deem

court to be paid to the purchaser thereof within the period of

six calendar months from the date of such sale, the amount of

the purchase money with the interest thereon at the rate of

twenty per cent, per annum from the date of sale and cost of the

treasurer's deed to the purchaser if any such deed has been exe-

cuted.

61. The provisions of the Code of Public General Laws of

Maryland now in force or hereafter enacted, applicable to col-

lectors of State and county taxes, Except where the same are re-

Shall apply

pealed by or are inconsistent with the provisions of this sub-title-

of this article shall be held to apply to the treasurer of said

county, who as to his powers, rights, duties and liabilities, both.

civil and criminal, and those of his bond or bondsmen, shall be in

all respects on a footing with the State and county collectors, ex-

cept as herein provided.

61 A. This act shall in no wise affect the right, power and duty

Not to

of the treasurer to enforce the payment of the taxes now due and

affect.

in arrears levied for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,

and eighteen hundred and eighty-nine in said county, under and

by virtue of the provisions of the law as contained in the said