286 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 173

all unpaid installments for a period of two years from the
respective dates of such assessments, and thereafter, in ad-
dition to such interest, there shall accrue a penalty of one
half of one per cent, for each whole month that may elapse,
until paid, or a sale for default shall have been finally ratified
by the Court.

SEC. 3. The Treasurer of the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Hyattsville shall be the collector of all taxes levied, and
special assessments made by it, and shall have full power to
enforce payment thereof by the sale of the property liable
therefor, and to convey a good title to any such property sold
by him. Taxes and special assessments levied upon real estate
shall be a lien thereon from the date the same are levied or
made.

SEC. 4. The Treasurer of said Mayor and Common Coun-
cil shall prepare, after the first day of February in each year,
a list of all taxes in default levied, and all special assess-
ments not paid within two years from the date made, by the
said Mayor and Common Council upon real estate within
the corporate limits of the town of Hyattsville, commencing
with the tax year 1927-1928. Said list shall set out respec-
tively the name or names of the owner or owners of the real
estate so listed; a fair description of each piece of real estate
sufficient to notify the owner or owners thereof that it is his
property which is advertised; the amount of the taxes and/or
assessments, interest, penalties and costs for which the same
is liable; and a reference to the subdivision in which said
real estate is situate. Said reference shall be sufficient if
made by using the last initials of the sub-dividers and the
abbreviations of the sub-division as, for instance, "J. and W's
3rd Add. to Hyattsville. " The amount of said taxes and/or
assessments, interest, penalties and costs may be indicated by
the dollar sign and a period in the same way dollars and
cents are usually written in figures, as, for instance, "$3. 50. "
The said Treasurer shall publish said list in some newspaper
published in the town of Hyattsville once a week for three
successive weeks prior to the first Monday in April for each
year real estate is advertised to be sold for such taxes and
assessments. Each piece of real estate so advertised for
sale shall bear a charge of one dollar to cover the costs of
said advertisement and of the order of publication herein-
after provided, and said amount shall be included in the
amount charged in said list against each piece of property.