1192 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 489

Section 148. If the taxes levied shall not be paid on or
before the first Monday of April in the year succeeding that on
which they were levied, the Treasurer shall, within six months
from the first Monday of April proceed to enforce payment of
the same by a levy upon real or personal property of the party
neglecting to pay; if the taxes be due and owing upon real
property, or upon real and personal property, the Treasurer is
authorized to levy upon real or personal property to enforce
payment of the same, but no levy upon real estate shall be
deemed valid unless made upon the premises and appraised
upon view; and no levy upon personal property shall be deemed
valid unless some portion of it be taken into possession; and
whenever real estate is susceptible of division so that a part
thereof will sell for enough to pay the taxes due and all costs,
the Treasurer may, in his discretion, employ a surveyor to di-
vide the same and tax as a part of the costs in such proceedings
such compensation for his services as he may consider, just, not
exceeding the sum of five dollars. Whenever any levy may be
made notice thereof together with a copy of a bill for taxes due,
interest and all costs, including that of the levy, shall be deliv-
ered to the owner if he be in possession of the property, or be
conspicuously posted on the premises, together with a notice
that if the said bill for taxes, interest and costs be not paid
within thirty days, the property levied upon will be sold at
public sale, and the said Treasurer is authorized to expose any
property so levied upon at public sale at the expiration of thirty
days, after having first given twenty days' notice of the time
and place of sale by advertisement in one newspaper published
at Towson, and by printed handbills publicly posted on the
Court House door, and at least ten places in the district where
the property is located, one of such notices to be placed upon
the premises. Personal property may be sold upon ten days'
notice by handbills so posted in the district and at the Court
House door. Any advertised notice of sale under the provi-
sions of this section shall be deemed sufficient if it contains
the hour and place, the year or years for which taxes are
due, to whom assessed, the district where located, the quantity
of land, if there be record evidence thereof, and a reference to
the book or folio where the deed for said property may be found.
and the date of the deed. In no case shall a description by
metes and bounds be necessary, nor shall a greater sum than
four dollars be paid for any newspaper advertisement thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act
shall be held to interfere with or nullify any proceeding begun