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Chapter 410.
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AN ACT to enforce the payment of taxes due upon
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real estate in Prince George's county, in the hands
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of trustees.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That in all cases in which real estate in
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Prince George's county shall have been decreed to be
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sold by a court of equity, and a trustee or trustees
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Sales in equity.
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shall have been appointed to make said sale, and in
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all other cases of trust estates under and by virtue of
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deeds of trust, last wills and testaments or otherwise,
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in which proceedings have been commenced in said
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court of equity for the execution or enforcement of
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said trust, and where the treasurer or collector of taxes,
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as the case may be, shall have no power under the ex-
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isting law to enforce the payment of taxes, and the
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taxes on said real estate shall have been due and in
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arrear for twelve months, it shall be the duty of the
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county treasurer or collector of taxes, as the case may
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Duty of county
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be, to apply to said court by petition verified by affi-
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treasurer
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davit, showing the amount of taxes due and in arrear,
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and the real estate upon which said taxes are due and
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in arrear; upon which said petition said court shall
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pass an order requiring the said trustee or trustees
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forthwith to pay said taxes, or show cause to the con-
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trary on or before a certain day to be named in said
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order, not to exceed thirty days' from the filing of said
petition; said taxes to be paid by said trustee or trus-
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tees out of any rents or other funds derived from or
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belonging to said trust estates, and in case there shall
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be no fund or funds as aforesaid belonging to said
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trust estates liable for the payment of said taxes, the
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