20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 4

said parcels of land for sale to the highest bidder for cash,
which said list and notice shall be published in said
county for three successive weeks prior to the third
Monday in May, and on said third Monday in May
the treasurer shall, at the hour and place named
in said advertisement, proceed to sell any and all
such pieces or parcels of land and premises, beginning with
the first on said list, and so on in order, upon which taxes,
interest, costs and fees shall not then have been paid, and
shall continue such sales on each secular day, legal holi-
days excepted, from ten o'clock A. M. until three o'clock
P. M. until every parcel shall have been offered; should
the treasurer, by reason of illness or other disability, be
unable to attend and conduct such sale or sales in person, a
deputy shall conduct such sale or sales, and in such case
the deputy shall make the affidavit to the report of sales
as now provided for by law. Provided, however, that on
or before the second Monday in April, each year, the Treas-
urer shall accept one-third of the taxes due by each of said
taxpayers, and on or before the first day of June, each
year, he shall accept one-third of the taxes due by each of
said taxpayers, and on or before the first day of August,
each year, he shall accept the remaining one-third of taxes
due by each of said taxpayers. If there be default on the
part of any taxpayer in the payment of the taxes due as
above provided, then it shall be lawful and Jt shall be the
duty of the Treasurer to proceed to advertise and sell the
property in default after giving notice which shall be pub-
lished once a week for three successive weeks immediately
preceding the date of sale, and provided that the date of
sale shall be the third Monday of the month next ensuing
the date of default. That the real estate of a delinquent
taxpayer may be sold to pay State and county taxes
whether there be personal property or not; whenever it
shall be unnecessary for the treasurer to sell the entire
real property with which a delinquent taxpayer is assessed,
he shall estimate the quantity thereof which, in his judg-
ment, will be sufficient to pay the taxes in arrears, interest,
costs and expenses above set forth, and shall require a
competent surveyor to lay off and make a plat and descrip-
tion of the same, and the part so laid off shall be sold by
the plat and description so made and it shall be sufficient
in the advertisement of the list of delinquent taxpayers
to designate the quantity of land to be sold from the prop-
erty described, as per plat and description to be exhibited
at the time of sale, and in case of sale the treasurer shall
file said plat and description with his report of sale.