JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 833

and in all cases of the sale of real estate under
this act the owner thereof, prior to the sale, may
redeem the same at any time within two years by
repayment to the purchaser thereof the amount paid by him, with interest thereon at the rate of
ten per centum per annum from the day of sale.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, The Treasurer shall
be entitled to the following fees for levying upon	Fees for levy- ing.
property to enforce payment of taxes; for sum-
moning and swearing two appraisers and making
out a schedule, two dollars and fifty cents, and the
appraisers shall be entitled to fifty cents each ; if
the property be sold, the Treasurer shall receive
five per cent, on the gross amount of sales, with
such expenses as may be incurred in printing and
advertising ; but if the amount due shall be paid
without sale, he shall receive four per cent, on the
amount collected with such expenses as may have
been incurred in making levy, printing and adver-
tising, and in all cases the party paying shall be
entitled to an itemized bill, and if the Treasurer,
or any clerk, agent or deputy of such Treasurer,
shall ask, demand or receive any greater costs and
fees than are allowed by the provisions of this act,
or shall receive any pay or commission for or on
account of any advertising or contract therefor
which may be done under the provisions of this
act, or shall, for himself or other person, discount
or buy for less than its face and real value, any
claim against the county, the person so offending	Fine for vio-
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and	lation.
upon indictment and conviction shall pay a fine
of not less than one hundred or more than five
hundred dollars, one-half to go to the informer.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	When and
effect from the first day of May, eighteen hundred	how effective.
and seventy-eight, and the repeal and re-enactment
of the. sections hereby repealed and re-enacted,
shall not affect or impair any suit or proceeding
heretofore begun under the provisions of the said
sections, nor shall this act in any way hinder or
prevent the late sheriff of Baltimore county from
completing the collections of taxes which have
been placed in his hands for collection, but he