334 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 198

including all interest, penalties and costs accrued to the
date of the effective date of the passage of this Act, are
hereby relevied and assessed in the amounts so stated upon
the books of the Treasurer of said Town, including inter-
est, penalties and costs against all of the properties upon
which they were originally assessed, and such amounts
shall be treated as a new assessment and payable in twenty
equal semi-annual installments, the first payment to be
made July 1, 1933, and semi-annually on said date there-
after, with interest on all of such assessments at six per
cent from the effective date of this Act until paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer
of the Town of Hyattsville is hereby directed to calculate
the amount due on each of said special assessments, includ-
ing all interest, costs or penalties which have accrued
thereon under existing law, and to restate the same upon
the books of the Town as of the effective date of this Act,
and to send bills by mail to the last known address of each
of the persons or property owners affected by the pro-
visions of this Act, advising such property owners that
said assessment is relevied as above and that the same may
be paid in twenty equal semi-annual installments, begin-
ning July 1, 1933, and such assessment shall be restated by
said Treasurer, notwithstanding the property upon which
they were levied has been sold for default in the payment
thereof or has been or is being advertised for sale for de-
fault in the payment thereof, and in the event any property
assessed and sold has been purchased at said sale by a pur-
chaser other than the Town of Hyattsville, the Treasurer of
said Town is hereby authorized and directed to refund the
amount of said purchase in so far as it applies to said
assessments, and to cancel said sale and restate said
assessment as above.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all of said
special assessments as relevied and restated shall be in
default, shall bear the same penalties, and shall be col-
lected in the same manner as are now provided for by
existing law, and shall continue to be a lien upon the prop-
erty against which they are levied and assessed as now
provided by law, and nothing herein shall be construed to
affect the validity of such lien or the effectiveness of such
sale for default on future installments.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council of Hyattsville are hereby authorized and