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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law necessary for the immediate-
preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,

the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 238.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 477
of Article 13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Harford County," sub-title "Taxes and
County Treasurer," providing certain fees when prop-
erty is sold for taxes.

SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 477 of Article 13 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford County," sub-title
"Taxes and'County Treasurer," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

477. On the first day of February in each year the treas-
urer shall make up a list of all delinquent taxpayers and the
amounts for which they are respectively in arrears, adding to
each bill one dollar for the cost of advertising same, and pub-
lish the same once in each of two successive weeks before the
23rd day of February, and if said taxes and costs are unpaid
on that day he shall immediately thereafter make up a list of
all delinquents assessed with real estate, giving the name of
the persons assessed, with a brief description of the property,
the district of its location and such references to conveyances
as will render the same possible of identification, together
with the amounts of taxes due and in arrear thereon including
all taxes on personalty due from the owner of said real estate,
with interest, cost and expenses accrued and to accrue to clay
of sale, which said expense shall include three dollars ($3.00)
as attorney's fee in each case where the description of the
property is given as hereinbefore set forth, and two dollars
($2.00) as auctioneer's fee for each property sold, with a
notice appended that if said taxes, interest, cost, expenses and
fees are not paid on or before the second Monday in April