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that if the said bill for taxes, interest and costs be not paid
within thirty days, the property levied upon will be sold at
public sale, and the said Treasurer is authorized to expose any
property so levied upon at public sale at the expiration of the
thirty days, after having first given twenty days' notice of the
time and place of sale by advertisement in one newspaper pub-
lished at Towson, and by printed handbills publicly posted on
the Court House door, and at least ten places in the district
where the property is located, one of such notices to be placed
upon the premises. Personal property may be sold upon ten
days' notice by handbills so posted in the district and at the
Court House door; and advertised notice of sale under the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed sufficient if it contains
the hour and place, the year or years for which taxes are due, to
whom assessed, the district where located, the quantity of land,
if there be record evidence thereof, and a reference to the
book or folio where the deed for said property may be found,
and the date of the deed. In no case shall a description by
metes and bounds be necessary, nor shall a greater sum than
four dollars be paid for any newspaper advertisement thereof.

89. When any real estate shall be sold under the pro-
visions of the preceding section, the sale shall be for cash,
and shall be reported to the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County, upon which report there shall be a brief order nisi
published, as in cases of judicial sales by trustees; and if
the court shall find -that the provisions of said section have
been complied with, the sale shall be ratified. Upon the
ratification of such sale the Treasurer shall convey to the
purchaser the property purchased by him, upon payment of
the costs of such deed by the purchaser; and the bond of the
Treasurer shall be liable for the money paid by the purchaser
in the event of the sale not being ratified, and for all moneys
accruing from such sale. The Treasurer shall retain out of
the proceeds of the sale the amount of taxes and interest
thereon, and costs of notice, levy, sale, and report thereof to
the court, and pay over any excess to the owner of the prop-
erty thus sold; and in all cases of the sale of real estate under
said section, the owner thereof prior to the sale may redeem
the same at any time within two years by repayment to the
purchaser thereof the amount paid by him, with interest
thereon at the rate of ten per centum per annum from the
day of sale.

90. The Treasurer shall. be entitled to the following fees

for levying upon property to enforce payment of taxes: For

summoning and swearing two appraisers and making out a