744 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

February in each year, make up a list of all delinquent tax-
payers, and the amount for which they are respectively in
arrears, and publish the same in one week's edition in two news-
papers of general circulation published in Charles County;
and if the amounts so due and in arrears are not paid on or
before the first day of April next succeeding the publication of
said delinquent list, he shall proceed to advertise and sell all of
such property as hereinafter set forth. The said advertise-
ments shall be inserted in two newspapers of general circula-
tion published in Charles county, to be designated by the Coun-
ty Commissioners, the fees for advertising same to be as fol-
lows : For advertising the list of delinquent taxpayers, twenty-
five cents for each name in each paper that they shall be ad-
vertised; for advertising said sales, one dollar for each delin-
quent in each paper in which they shall be advertised; and
the advertisement of sale shall contain the name of the per-
son, persons or corporations assessed, the property upon which
the taxes are due and in arrear, with a brief description of the
property, its general location, and such reference to the title
records in the clerk's office as to render same easy of identi-
fication, the amount of taxes due and in arrear thereon, to-
gether with the interest, costs and expenses accrued and to
accrue thereon on the day of sale, to which general list of items
shall be appended a notice that if such taxes are not paid on
or before a day to be named therein, not less than twenty-five
nor more than thirty days from the date of the first advertise-
ment, together with the accrued interest thereon and propor-
tionate cost of advertising fees, the treasurer shall proceed
at 10 o'clock A. M. on a day named, at the courthouse door in
said county, to offer each and every parcel of land, premises
and other property for sale to the highest bidder for cash. The
said notice shall be published in not less than four weekly
insertions in each of the newspapers hereinbefore referred to,
and on the said day, at the time named, the treasurer shall
proceed to sell any and all such parcels of land, premises and
personal property on which taxes, interests, costs and fees
shall not have been paid, and to continue said sale each day
(legal holidays excepted), from 10 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock
P. M., until every such parcel of land, premises and personal
property or more than a sufficient quantity to pay all taxes,
costs and expenses for each case shall have been offered for
sale. In case for any piece of property there shall not be a
sufficient bid to cover the taxes, interests, costs and expenses,
the same shall be bid in by the County Commissioners, the
same to be reported, as in other cases, as land sold for taxes,
and at the expiration of the time limited for redemption, shall
pass to the county, to become absolutely the property of the