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apply to the executor or administrator of such
decedent.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That if such collector
or sureties, or executor or administrator, shall in per-
son, or by attorney, desire a trial by jury of any	Desire a trial.
matter in controversy in said suit, which shall by
them be pleaded, the court shall thereupon at said
first term direct a jury to be empanneled to try and
determine the matter in controversy.
SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller shall make all just allowance to the treasurer and	Make all just allowance.
clerk for insolvencies or removals upon certificate of
the County Commissioners that the allowances asked
for are just, the application of the treasurer and
clerk to be substantiated by his affidavit before the
County Commissioners, who are hereby authorized
and empowered to administer such oath that he has
not received and cannot collect any of the moneys	Cannot col-
for which such allowances are asked, and the County	lect.
Commissioners of said county shall likewise make
all just allowances as to collections for county pur-
poses upon being satisfied of the justice of the same.
SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all State, county
and municipal taxes to be levied in said county shall	Shall be liens.
be liens on the real estate of the party indebted, and
on his personal estate so long as the same remains in
his possession from the time the same are levied ;
and all real estate shall be liable for the taxes as-
sessed against the same, without reference to the	Name of the
name of the person to whom the same shall have	person
been assessed, and a sale thereof made by a collector,
as provided by law, shall pass the title thereto as	Pass the title.
effectually as if the same had been assessed to the
owner thereof at the time of the sale, who shall for
all purposes be considered the party indebted in the
meaning of article eighty-one, of the Code of Public
General Laws, as enacted at January session, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter four hundred and
eighty-three.
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That whenever real
estate shall be sold by a collector, the owner thereof,	Shall be sold.
prior to the sale, may redeem the same by paying to
the purchaser or paying into court to be paid to the