24 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 9

216. All State and County taxes on real estate shall be
liens on the real estate in respect of which they are levied
from the date they become payable; provided that where
two or more parcels of land are owned by and assessed to
the same person or persons, one or more parcels may be
sold for taxes upon all or any thereof; and from the date
of the filing of the petition for the ratification of such sale
by the court the taxes upon all of such parcels, for non-pay-
ment of which one or more of said parcels may be sold,
shall be liens upon all the land so sold.

217. All State and County taxes on personal property
shall be liens on the aggregate collection of personalty upon
which they are assessed from the time the same are payable,
and collection and enforcement thereof may be made and
had by the method and in the manner as set forth in Sec-
tion 207.

218. The intention of this Act is to facilitate and expe-
dite the collection of taxes in Queen Anne's County, and
thereby generally promote the business of the County Com-
missioners' office in said county, and for that purpose all
the provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed and
all powers heretofore belonging to the collectors of taxes in
said county and so far as the same will facilitate the
Treasurer of said county in the discharge of his duties
hereunder, shall be possessed by and are hereby given to
said Treasurer; but he shall not by implication be held to
possess any of the powers of such collectors as might tend
to delay him in the discharge of his duties, or render the
purpose of this Act more difficult.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That should any sec-
tion or part of a section of this Act be held to be invalid
for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as
affecting the validity of any remaining section or part of a
section of this Act, it being the legislative intent that the
remainder of this Act shall stand, notwithstanding the in-
validity of such section or part of a section.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or
parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for