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fied by such notice to creditors shall thereafter be asserted
against such real estate in the hands of a purchaser for
value. The bond required upon the grant of letters shall
be in such penalty as the Court may prescribe. In case
any such real estate is sold by a Court of Chancery on a
bill of sale for the purpose of partition, the said Court
may, in its decree for sale, provide for a notice to creditors
not exceeding ninety days, which notice shall be in lieu of
the notice above required, and upon the giving of this
notice by the trustee appointed by the Court and upon the
expiration of the ninety days provided for by the notice
to creditors aforesaid, the purchaser of such real estate
shall be required to accept title thereto, and no claim not
filed within the period specified by such notice shall there-
after be asserted against such real estate in the hands of
the purchaser at such sale, or his heirs or assigns. This
section shall not apply to any real estate where any owner
of the same shall have been dead for twelve (12) years
or more.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 17, 1939.

CHAPTER 289.
(Senate Bill 79)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
313A of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County, " sub-
title "Revenue and Taxes, " as said section was enacted
by Chapter 174 of the Acts of 1933, increasing the sal-
aries of the Collector of Taxes of Carroll County and
his assistant.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 313A of Article 7 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Car-
roll County, " sub-title "Revenue and Taxes, " as said sec-
tion was enacted by Chapter 174 of the Acts of 1933, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,
to read as follows:

313A. The Collector of State and County taxes in Car-
roll County is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant.