1178 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 481

and to follow immediately after Section 9 of said Act, relat-
ing to the collection of taxes on personal property by the
Treasurer of said County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Chapter
354 of the Acts of 1910, the said Act relating to the County
Treasurer of Charles County, said new section to be known as
Section 9 A, to follow immediately after Section 9 of said Act,
and to read as follows:

9A. If any person or persons, association or body corporate,
shall be assessed upon the assessment books of said county with
personal property only, and the amount of taxes levied thereon
shall remain unpaid on the first day of April next succeeding
the annual levy of taxes in said county, the said treasurer shall
within three months after the said 1st day of April in each
and every year, or within three months after the discovery of
any property belonging to such delinquent, subsequent to the
first day of April in each and every year levy upon such por-
tion as may be necessary to pay said taxes, interest, costs and
fees as herein provided, of the personal property assessed to
such delinquent taxpayers, in the same manner as the sheriff
of said county is now or may hereafter be authorized by law
to levy upon property upon execution on judgments issued
out of the Circuit Court for said county, and shall advertise
and sell personal property in the same manner as is now or
may hereafter be required by law in the case of sales of per-
sonal property by the sheriff of said county, and deliver the
property so sold to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and
for the purpose of the levy of the sale herein provided for,
said treasurer shall have all the powers now had or lawfully
exercised by the sheriff of said Court, executing executions
on judgments of the Circuit Court for said County, and shall
if it be necessary have the same power now or hereafter to be
prescribed by law for the levy upon and the sale of shares of
stock in any association or corporation which the sheriff of said
county may or shall possess in executing executions or judg-
ments of said Court; and said treasurer shall be entitled to
receive out of the proceeds of sales made under this section,
the same fees and allowances as are now or may hereafter be
allowed by law to the sheriff of said county on executions issued
as aforesaid; this section to be construed as an addition to,
and not as a substitution for the powers of the treasurer to
collect taxes assessed upon personal property by suit; and it is