HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1325

59. They are authorized and empowered to levy annually
such taxes upon the assessable property within said corpora-
tion as may seem to them necessary, provided, that the amount
of taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed thirty cents
on the one hundred dollars, which taxes shall be collected by
the Town Treasurer; the levy shall be made by ordinance on
or before the thirty-first day of May of each year, and all taxes
so levied shall be a lien on any and all property of the person
against whom they may be levied. All taxes are due and pay-
able the first day of July in each and every year, and if not
paid on or before the first day of September shall bear interest
at the rate of one per centum per month until paid, and if not
paid on or before the first day of January next following, the
treasurer shall make up a list of the unpaid taxes, and shall
advertise the same in some newspaper published in Prince
George's County, once in each of three successive weeks, and
give notice in said advertisement that on a day and place 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 bidder for cash. Such notice shall set
out the name or names of the respective owners of real estate,
a brief description of the location of the property, and the
amount of taxes and/or assessments, interest, penalties and
costs for which the same is liable. Each piece of real estate
so in default shall bear a charge of $2. 50 to cover the costs of
advertising, and a charge of fifty cents to cover the cost of
verifying the names of the owners of such real estate in the
Land Records of the County, which shall be a lien on the real
estate, and collected as other town taxes are collected, and
with the same interest and penalties.

No piece of real estate offered at tax sale by said Town
Treasurer shall be sold for less than the total of the taxes, in-
terest, penalties and costs for which it is liable. If such a bid
for the same be not made, it shall be considered and recorded
as sold to the Commissioners of Bladensburg for the total
amount thereof. In such case it shall remain on the assess-
ment books of the Town of Bladensburg and be taxed as other
property thereon; but not resold at the succeeding annual tax
and/or assessment sales.

Any real estate sold under the provisions of this Act may be
redeemed within two years after the published date of the sale
thereof by the payment of the total amount of the taxes and
assessments, interest, penalties and costs for which the same
was sold, interest at twelve per centum per annum on the
amount of such sale from the date of sale, as published, to the
time of redemption, and all subsequent taxes and/or assess-
ments, interest, penalties and costs which shall have accrued
thereon.