802 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 270

The ordinance levying the taxes shall, of itself, constitute the
Treasurer's authority for proceeding to collect the same, and no
other warrant or evidence of authority is required.

It shall not be necessary to make any demand for taxes or to
render to the parties chargeable therewith any tax bills; but it
shall be the duty of each person chargeable with taxes to at-
tend at the office of the Treasurer and pay the same between the
first day of July and the first day of October in each year.

All taxes are due and payable on the first day of July in each
and every year and if not paid on or before the first day of
October next following shall bear interest at the rate of one per
centum per month until paid and if not paid on or before the
first day of January next following, the treasurer shall make up
a list of the unpaid taxes, and shall advertise the same in some
newspaper published in Prince George's County, once in each
of three successive weeks, and give notice in said advertisement
that on a day to be named therein, not later than one month
from the date of the first insertion therein, he will sell the prop-
erties therein named to the highest bidder for cash. All prop-
erties so sold may be redeemed by the owner thereof or his as-
signs within two years of said date of sale, and in the event
of the non-redemption of the same as herein provided, the
Mayor and Council shall deliver to the purchaser thereof a deed
for said property so sold and the said deed so given shall be
presumptive evidence that all the requirements of the law have
been complied with in making such sale, and for this purpose
the said treasurer is hereby clothed with all the powers pos-
sessed by collectors of taxes under the Code of Public General
Laws.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
determining whether the citizens of Seat Pleasant desire to in-
corporate there shall be held an election on the first Monday
occurring ten days after this Act becomes effective. Mrs. Mary
S. Carmody, Mrs. Annie E. Herbert, George N. Palmer, John
Coyne, and George B. Orton. are hereby appointed a committee
for the purpose of holding said election and declaring the re-
sult thereof. Not less than ten days before said election they
shall post in five public places within the proposed corporate
limits of said town a notice notifying the citizens of said town
who are qualified to vote under this Act that there will be held
on said day at a certain place and between certain hours an
election to determine whether said citizens shall adopt this
charter. The said committee shall provide ballot boxes,