HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 785

and the abbreviations of the subdivision. The amount of said
taxes and interest, penalties and costs may be indicated by
the dollar sign (f) and a period (. ) in the same way dollar
and cents are usually written in figures, as for instance
"$5. 50". The said Treasurer shall publish said list in some
newspaper published in Prince George's County, Maryland,
once a week for three successive weeks, prior to the first Monday
in April of each year real estate as advertised to be sold for
such taxes. Each piece of real estate so advertised for sale
shall bear a charge of Twenty-five Cents ($. 25) to cover the
costs of verifying the name or names of the owner or owners,
of such real estate, provided that where more than two pieces
of real estate are owned by the same owners, there shall be one
charge of Seventy Cents ($. 70), and when real estate has been
sold under this Act and has not been redeemed before the
issuance of the order of publication hereinafter provided, there
shall be an additional Seventy Cents ($. 70) charged to each
piece of real estate so sold and unredeemed, provided, that
where two or more pieces of real estate are owned by same
owner or owners, there shall be but one charge of Seventy
Cents ($. 70) upon such pieces of real estate, and these charges
shall be included in the report of sale of the Treasurer of the
town as a charge upon such real estate.

The said Treasurer, at the time fixed in the advertisement
of tax sale hereinabove referred to shall attend at the location
as selected by Mayor and Council, and offer for sale all real
estate so advertised to the highest bidder, commencing with
the first piece of real estate listed in said advertisement and
continuing to conduct said sale until all of the real estate so
advertised shall have been offered for sale. Said sale shall
commence at ten o'clock A. M. on the first Monday in April of
each year and continue until three o'clock P. M., from day to
day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, until all the real
estate so advertised to be sold shall have been offered for sale.

No piece of real estate offered at tax sale by said Treasurer
shall be sold for less than the total of the taxes, interest, pen-
alties and costs of sale for which it is liable. If such a bid
for the same be not made, it shall be considered recorded as
sold to the Mayor and Council for the total amount thereof.
In such case it shall remain on the assessment books of the
Mayor and Council and be taxed as other property thereon,
but not resold at the succeeding annual tax sales. A report
of all sales made by the said Treasurer, and final ratification
thereof, Shall be made and had as herein provided.

70B. 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 payment of the total amount of the taxes