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fied of the facts as reported, and that the party was guilty
of the matter charged, shall punish the party so offending.
Such examiners shall be entitled to receive four dollars
per day, for each and every day actually employed; to be
paid by the party at whose instance the service may have
been rendered. And it shall be the duty of such examiners,
in making their returns to the Court, in each case to certify
the time that they have been actually employed, and at
whose instance, and the amount taxable to each party for
services rendered.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 457

(Senate Bill 321)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
77 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-
title "Tax Sales", relating to advertising notice of tax
sales in Anne Arundel County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 77 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes",
sub-title "Tax Sales", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

77. (Notice by Advertising. Expenses of Sale A Lien
on Property. ) (a) 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, which sum of money shall be charged against
the property offered for sale as an item of cost after six
o'clock P. M. on the Saturday next preceding the date of
the issue of the said newspapers in which said advertise-