808 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 442

the Town Clerk shall invest the same for the benefit of such
owner, and shall safely keep the same and from time to
time collect the interest thereon and invest for the benefit
of such owner the interest from time to time.

Whenever property has been sold by one Town Clerk for
taxes pursuant to law, and such sale has been reported and
the deed executed by the successor in office of the Town
Clerk who made the sale as aforesaid, such report and such
conveyance shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as
they would have been if made by the Town Clerk who
made the sale. Whenever property has been sold for taxes,
pursuant to law, by one Town Clerk and such sale has been
reported by the Town Clerk who made the same, but the
deed for such property has been executed and delivered by
the successor in office of the Town Clerk who made such
sale and report as aforesaid, such conveyance shall be as
valid to all intents and purposes as it would have been if
made by the Town Clerk who made and reported the sale.

Whenever there shall be a default in the payment of
taxes on personal property and the Town Clerk shall have
distrained or levied upon the same for nonpayment of any
taxes due by the owner thereof, before making sale of the
property so distrained or levied upon, said Town Clerk
shall give notice by advertisement published once a week
for two successive weeks prior to the date of sale in a
weekly newspaper having general circulation in the town,
that he will sell for cash, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, on the day and at the time and place mentioned in
said advertisements, the property therein specified, unless
on or before the day of sale the entire amount of taxes for
which such distraint or levy shall have been made, with
the interest thereon, and all costs of making said distraint
or levy and advertisement shall be paid. Every Town Clerk
who shall sell any personal property levied or distrained
upon for taxes, after due advertisement, as herein provided,
shall retain out of the proceeds of sale the amount of taxes
due from the delinquent on such property sold, for which
such distraint or levy shall have been made, with the in-
terest thereon and all costs incurred in making said sale,
and shall pay over the surplus, if any, to the owner of the
property so levied or distrained upon and sold. All of the
provisions of this section in reference to the sale of real
property which may be applicable to the sale of personal
property shall be in force as to said personal property.

If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remain-
der of the Act, and the application of such provisions to