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and shall perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by
ordinances not inconsistent with this Article.

42. The City Collector shall be the head of the fifth sub-de-
partment of Finance,and shall be appointed by the Mayor in the
mode prescribed in section 25 of this Article, and hold his office
as therein provided. He shall be paid for his services in col-
lecting City taxes the salary of two thousand dollars per annum,
payable monthly. He shall be the collector of all taxes and as-
sessments on real property levied or made by the City. He
shall in October in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight
and in each year thereafter, immediately upon the receipt of
the statement from the Appeal Tax Court showing the tax-
able basis for the next ensuing fiscal year, as provided for in
section 171 of this Article, begin the preparation of the tax bills
on said basis, and after the levy of taxes has been made he shall
complete said bills and have them ready for payment by the
taxpayers on the first day of January next ensuing said levy, or
as soon thereafter as practicable. He shall have such assist-
ants, clerks and bailiffs as may be fixed by ordinances, and who
shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by ordinances
not inconsistent with this Article.

43. Whenever it shall become necessary to sell any part
or parcel of ground in the City of Baltimore, improved or unim-
proved, for the payment of any taxes or assessment of any na-
tureorkindwhatever,levied or charged, the City Collector shall
first give notice by advertisement published once a week for four
successive weeks in two of the daily newspapers published in
said City, one of which shall be in the German language, that
he will sell said property at public auction on the day in the said
advertisement mentioned; said notice shall state the name of
the person, when known, to whom such parcel of ground is
assessed, the amount of taxes due on the same, and what im-
provements, if any, are on said parcel of ground; and in any
such notice it shall be sufficient to describe the parcel of ground
as it is then located upon whatever official plat of Baltimore
City the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall from
time to time adopt and designate for the purpose. He shall
also first give to the person or persons so in arrears, or one of