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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

interest and costs is not paid within thirty days,

the property levied upon will be sold at public

sale ; and the said Treasurer is hereby authorized

to expose any property so levied upon at public

sale, upon the expiration of the thirty days, he

having first given twenty days' notice of the time

Advertise

and place of such sale by advertisement in one

place of sale.

newspaper printed at Towsontown and by printed

handbills publicly posted at the court house door

and at least ten places in the district where the

property is located, one of such notices to be placed

upon the premises. Personal property may be

sold upon ten days' notice by handbills so posted

in the district and at the court house. Any ad-

vertised notice of a sale under the provisions of

this act shall be deemed sufficient if it contains

the hour and place, the year or years for which

taxes are due, to whom assessed, the district where

located, the quantity of land, if there be record

evidence thereof, and a reference to the book and

folio where the deed for said property may be

found, and the date of the deed ; in no case shall

a description by metes and bounds be necessary,

nor shall more than four dollars be paid for any

newspaper advertisement thereof.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That when any real

estate shall be sold under the provisions of this

Sale to be re-
ported to Cir-

act, the sale shall be for cash, and be reported to
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, upon

cuit Court.

which report there shall be a brief order nisi pub-

lished, as in cases of judicial sales by trustees;

and if the court shall find that the provisions of

this act have been complied with, the sale shall be

ratified. Upon the ratification of such sale the

Treasurer shall convey to the purchaser the prop-

erty purchased by him, upon payment of the costs

of such deed by the purchaser ; and the bond of

the Treasurer shall be liable for the money paid

by the purchaser in the event of the sale not being

ratified, and for all moneys accruing from such

sale. The Treasurer shall retain out of the pro-

ceeds of the sale the amount of taxes and interest

Pay over ex-
cess.

thereon, and costs of notice, levy sale, and report
thereof to the court, and pay over any excess to

the owner or owners of the property thus sold ;