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the day in said advertisement mentioned. Said notice shall state
the name of the person, when known, to whom such a parcel of
ground is assessed, the amount of taxes due on the same, and
what improvements, if any, are on said parcel of ground, and
to properly describe said property the City Collector shall
procure a description from the Land Records and no survey
shall be made unless a proper description cannot be obtained
from the Land Records, and no charge for survey shall be
made unless a survey is actually made. If a proper descrip-
tion cannot be obtained from the Land Records, the City sur-
veyor shall, upon direction of the City Collector, make a
proper survey and furnish a description and plat to the City
Collector, and the sum of three dollars for the cost of such
survey shall be added to the tax bill and collected in the same
manner as the bill itself, and paid over to the City Register
for the use of the city. The City Collector shall, before ad-
vertising said property for sale, give to the person or persons
so in arrears, or to one of them, if more than one, or leave at
his or her or their residence, or last known residence of one of
them, and if no such residence be known, there shall be left
upon the premises so to be sold for taxes, a statement of his
or her or their indebtedness, and not less than thirty days'
notice of his (said Collector's) intention, if the bill is not
paid, to enforce the payment thereof by distraint or execution.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 351.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 49
of Article 4 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"City of Baltimore," sub-title "City Collector," eliminating
the provision which requires advertisement of tax sales to
be published in a newspaper printed in the German lan-
guage.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 49 of Article 4 of the Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "City Col-
lector," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, to read as follows: