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43A. In any advertisement for the sale of improved real
estate for non-payment of taxes it shall not be necessary to
include a description of the property by metes and bounds but
a description giving the street number of the improvement, and
giving with substantial accuracy the frontage and depth of the
lot, and the name of the person or persons last assessed for the
taxes levied thereon, and the amount of such taxes, shall be
sufficient.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there is hereby
added a new Section to the revised Charter of Baltimore City,
to follow Section 48 and to be designated 48A, and to read as
follows:

48A. In any advertisement published in pursuance of the
provisions of Section 48, relating to the sale of improved real
estate for non-payment of taxes, it shall not be necessary to de-
scribe the property by metes and bounds but a description giv-
ing the street number of the improvement, and giving, with
substantial accuracy, the frontage and depth of the lot, and a
reference to the proceedings, shall be sufficient. No proceeding
under said Section 48 for the confirmation of tax sales: shall
hereafter be referred to a Master. In all such proceedings
where the confirmation of said tax sale is not contested, the
following costs shall be taxed by the Clerk, and included in
the amount to be paid for the redemption of said property, and
no more, viz: Clerk's Costs $4, Appearance Fee $5, and the
necessary expense of advertising the Order Nisi. In order to
reduce the expense of advertising the Order Nisi it shall be
the duty of the City Solicitor to see that the Order Nisi is
made as brief as possible to comply with the requirements of
the law.

Approved March 21st, 1916.

. CHAPTER 74.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Council of Rockville to
issue bonds to an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Dol-
lars, to refund Six Thousand Dollars of the bonds issued for
the construction of the Water Works and to complete the
water and sewer system.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor and Council of Rockville be and it