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make out a bill for such taxes in the usual form, with an order
at the bottom of said bill directing the sheriff of said county
to levy upon the personal property about to be sold or removed
from said county, and enforce the payment of the taxes on the
same in the manner that is provided in section 16 of this Act;
and for the purposes of this section all taxes on personal
property about to be sold or removed from said Talbot county
shall be taken to be due and in arrear from the date of the
levy of the said taxes ; provided, that if at any time before a
sale of personal property shall be made by the sheriff under
this section, the owner thereof shall give to the Treasurer
satisfactory assurance that the personal property levied on and
about to be sold is not to be sold by the owner thereof or
removed from Talbot county, then the said property shall be
by order of the Treasurer released from the levy of the
sheriff.
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CHAP. 344.
Sheriff
directed to
levy on
personal
property.
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Section 17. That when any real estate shall be sold under
this Act for taxes, the sale, together with the proceedings had
in relation thereto, shall be reported to the Circuit Court for
Talbot County by the Treasurer, and if upon the report the
Court shall find that the provisions of this Act in relation to
sales of real estate for taxes have been complied with, the
Court shall pass an order nisi warning all persons interested
in the property sold, to be and to appear in said Court by a
certain day in said order nisi named, to show cause why said
sale shall not be ratified, and a copy thereof shall be published
as the Court shall direct, and if no objection to the ratifica-
tion of such sale shall be tiled within the time limited by the
order nisi, and if objection be filed and the objector fails to
show that the Treasurer has not complied with the provisions
of this Act, the sale shall be finally ratified, by the Court ;
and for the purpose of hearing objections or passing orders
under this Act, said Court shall be deemed always to be open
as in chancery proceedings. If the objector to a sale under
this Act shows to the satisfaction of the Court that the
Treasurer has not complied with the provisions of this Act,
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Sale to be
reported to
the Circuit
Court.
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then said sale shall be set aside and said Treasurer shall at
once proceed to make a new sale of the property. Upon a
ratification of a tax sale under this Act, the Treasurer shall
convey to the purchaser the property purchased by him
upon the payment of the costs of such deed by the purchaser;
and the bond of the Treasurer shall be liable for the purchase
money paid by the purchaser, if the sale is not ratified with
interest thereon, and for all costs and expenses accruing from
said sale. The Treasurer shall retain out of the proceeds of
the sale when ratified the amount of the taxes and interest
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Sale may be
set aside.
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