1566 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 908

the execution of deeds for property previously sold at tax
sales.

28. On the first day of October in each year the Treas-
urer shall make up a list of all delinquent taxpayers and
the amounts for which they are respectively in arrears,
adding to each bill One Dollar ($1. 00) for the cost of ad-
vertising same, and publish the same once in each of two
successive weeks before the first Monday in November fol-
lowing, and if said taxes and costs are unpaid on that day
he shall immediately thereafter make up a list of all delin-
quents assessed with real estate, giving the name of the
persons assessed, with a brief description of the property,
its location and such references to conveyances as will ren-
der the same possible of identification, together with the
amounts of taxes due and in arrears thereon, including all
taxes on personal property due from the owner of said real
estate, with interest, costs and expenses accrued and to
accrue to day of sale, which said expense shall include
Three Dollars ($3. 00) as attorney's fee in each case where
the description of the property is prepared as hereinbe-
fore set forth, and Two Dollars ($2. 00) as auctioneer's fee
for each property sold, with a notice appended that if said
taxes, interest, costs, expenses and fees are not paid on
or before the fourth Monday in December next ensuing,
the Treasurer will proceed at two o'clock on that day at
the front steps of the First National Bank of Aberdeen in
said Town, to offer said property, for sale to the highest
bidder for cash, which list and notice shall be published at
least three successive weeks prior to the fourth Monday in
December; and the Treasurer shall proceed to sell under
the terms of said notice all property upon which taxes,
interest, costs, expenses and fees are in arrears.

If the fourth Monday in December referred to in the
aforegoing paragraph shall be a legal holiday, then the sales,
referred to in said paragraph shall be held on the next
succeeding day which is not a legal holiday.

29. The said Treasurer shall within thirty (30) days-
after the close of such sale make a full report thereof to
the Circuit Court for Harford County, setting forth his
proceedings in the premises in detail, showing to whom and
at what price such several parcels were respectively sold,
the amount of taxes and interest accrued, the pro rata cost
of advertising such sale, the Treasurer's fees, and all other
expenses and the surplus fund in each instance; with which
report he shall also file a copy of the printed list and notice
of sale. The said Court shall examine the said proceedings,
and if the same appear to be regular and the provisions of