434 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 200

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 properties therein named to the highest bid-
der for cash. All properties so sold may be redeemed by the
owner thereof or his assigns 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. All taxes duly levied, after the trans-
mittal of the list to the Treasurer as in this Section herein-
before provided, shall be a first lien upon the property
against which they are assessed.

In the event that in the election hereinafter provided for
to determine whether the citizens of Riverdale desire to be
incorporated shall be favorable to incorporation the taxes
for the calendar year 1920 shall be at one-half the rate pre-
scribed in the first assessment made by the Board of As-
sessors herein provided for and the same shall be due
and payable on or before July first, 1920, and that the pen-
alty for non-payment at the rate of one per centum per
month shall not be exacted unless said taxes be not paid be-
fore "August 1, 1920.

Said Assessors and the Mayor and Common Council shall
have the right at any time to place on the assessment real
estate not included therein or on improvements made or
erected after the making of said assessment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
not become effective unless at a general election to be held
in the Town of Riverdale on the first Monday in May, 1935,
which election shall be conducted in all respects as regular
elections in the Town of Riverdale are conducted there shall
be cast a majority of votes in favor of this Act, and that
at said election the question of the approval or disapproval
of the provisions of this Act shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the said Town of Riverdale, as follows:
namely: That on the ballots provided by the Mayor and
Common Council of Riverdale at said election there shall
be printed the words, "For Increase in Taxation Act, " and
"Against Increase in Taxation Act, " with a square after
said words, in each case, for the (X) mark of the voter,
and the voter may vote thereon by an (X) mark after his
choice, and if there be a majority of votes cast in favor of
the Act, then this Act and the provisions thereof shall go