556 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 535

76. (Notice of Sale. ) At least thirty days before any
property is first advertised for sale under the provisions
of the following sections, the Collector shall cause to be
mailed to the person who last appears as owner thereof
on the Collector's tax roll, at the last address shown on said
tax roll, a statement giving the name of said person, and
the amounts of taxes due. Oh the statement there also
appear the following notice:

"Date..........................

"This Is A Final Bill and Legal Notice to the Person
Whose Name Appears on This Notice.

"According to Collector's tax roll you are the owner of
the property appearing on this notice. Some of the taxes
listed are in arrears. Notice is hereby given you that un-
less all taxes in arrears are paid within thirty days from
the above date, the Collector will proceed to sell the above
property to satisfy your entire indebtedness. Interest and
penalties must be added to the total at the time of pay-
ment. "

In Baltimore City and Baltimore and Cecil Counties
the above statement. and notice shall also be posted
by the Collector at least thirty (30) days before the prop-
erty is first advertised; in a conspicuous place on the prop-
erty to be sold.

Failure of the Collector to mail the statement and notice
to the last address of the person last assessed for the prop-
erty, asthe same appears on the Collector's tax roll, or in
Baltimore City and Baltimore and Cecil Counties
to post such statement and notice on such property, or to
include any taxes in the said statement and notice, shall
not invalidate or otherwise affect any tax, except such as
are required to be but have not been certified as provided
in Section 74, or any sale made hereunder to enforce pay-
ment of taxes, nor prevent nor stay any proceedings under
this sub-title, nor affect the title of any purchaser.

77. (Notice by Advertising. Expenses of Sale a Lien
on Property. ) At any time after the expiration of thirty
days from the mailing of the statement and notice, the
Collector shall cause to be published, four times, once a
week for four successive weeks in one or more newspapers
having a general circulation in the county in which the
property is located, a notice that the property will, on a
day and at the place named in such notice, be sold at public
auction; provided that in Prince George's County such
notice shall be published in three newspapers at a price of
One Dollar and Thirty Cents ($1. 30) per item for each
newspaper. Such notice shall contain with substantial
accuracy the following: