'HERBERT E. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 401
CHAPTER 420.
(Senate Bill 446)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-
section (5) of Section 77 and Sections 83 and 90G of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Tax
Sales", relating to notices and costs in connection with
tax sales in Garrett County.

SECTION 1» Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section (5) of Section 77 and Sections 83 and 90G,
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Tax
Sales", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

(5) The assessed value of the property as determined
by last assessment. Failure of the Collector to include
any taxes in the published notice of sale shall in no way
affect the validity or collectibility of the said taxes, except
such as are required to be but have not been certified as
provided in Section 74, or the validity of any sale made
hereunder to enforce the payment of taxes, nor prevent
nor stay proceedings under this sub-title nor affect the
title of any purchaser.

The expense of publication of all notices relating to the
sale, the cost of the County or City Surveyor's description
and plat, if necessary, or, in Garrett County, the Attorney's
fees for services as herein provided, the auctioneer's fee
for making the sale, which said auctioneer's fee in no case
shall exceed Two Dollars for each property sold; and in
Baltimore County where provision has been hereinbefore
made for the posting of the premises to be sold, there shall
be allowed a sum not in excess of $7. 50 for said service,
and the expenses of conducting the sale shall be liens on
the property to be sold.

. In Garrett County, in lieu of the above provisions, num-
bers 1 to 4 inclusive, relative to the form of advertisement,
said notice or advertisement shall contain a statement giv-
ing the year or years for which the taxes are due and the
amount of the same, to whom the property is assessed, the
district where located, the quantity of land offered for sale,
the name or number of the tract or lot of land, if it bear
a name or number, and is so assessed, and if there be record
evidence thereof in Garrett County, a reference to the
record liber and folio where the deed or conveyance for
same is recorded, the name of the grantor and the date
of the deed or conveyance, or such other description as