208 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 105

centum per annum from day of sale, and the costs of the
Tax Collector's deed to the purchaser, if any such deed has
been executed.

227E. Every tax deed shall contain the name of the former
owner of the property it conveys, and the Clerk of the Circuit
Court in whose office the same may be recorded shall index
it, not only in the name of the grantor and grantee, but also in
the name of and as from the former owner to the grantee.

227F. The Tax Collector shall receive, in addition to his
regular compensation from The Commissioners of Trappe, the
following fees, which shall be payable only out of the proceeds
of any sale made to enforce the payment of taxes, and which
shall be included in the costs and expenses of such sale: for
advertising real property for sale under the provisions of this
Act, if the property be sold, the Tax Collector shall receive a
fee of two dollars and ten per centum on the gross amount of
the sales, with his expenses as provided in this Act, but if
payment be made after advertisement and before the sale, only
the fee of two dollars shall be charged by the Tax Collector in
addition to the expenses incurred; and the said Tax Collector
shall receive a fee of fifty cents for making a statement of
any taxes due on personal property when said taxes are to be
collected by the Town Bailiff, under the provisions of this
Act, and the Town Bailiff shall include said fee in the cost of
collection; and in all cases of the sale of real estate by the
Tax Collector under the provisions of this Act there shall be
also allowed to said Tax Collector from the proceeds of the
sale, in addition to other fees and expenses, a reasonable sum
for counsel fees not exceeding ten dollars for reporting said
sale to and procuring the ratification thereof by the Circuit
Court for Talbot County.

227H. The provisions of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland now in force or hereafter enacted applicable to
collectors of State and county taxes, except where the same
are repealed by or are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, shall be held to apply to the Tax Collector of said town,
who as to his powers, rights, duties and liabilities, both civil
and criminal, and those of his bond or bondsman, shall be in
all respects in the same position as State and county collectors
of taxes, except as herein provided.