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stay proceedings under this sub-title nor affect the title of
any purchaser.

(e) The expense of publication of all notices relating
to the sale, the cost of the County or City Surveyor's de-
scription and plat, if necessary, or, in Garrett County, the
Attorney's fees for services as herein provided, the auc-
tioneer'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 and Cecil Counties 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.

(f) In Garrett County, in lieu of the above provisions,
numbers 1 to 4 inclusive, relative to the form of advertise-
ment, said notice or advertisement shall contain a state-
ment giving the year or years for which the taxes are due
and the amount of the same, to whom the property is as-
sessed, 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 de-
scription as shall be sufficient legally to identify said
property, but in no case shall a description by metes and
bounds, courses and distances be required. The County
Treasurer shall have authority to employ an attorney to
examine the title to the land to be advertised or sold for
taxes, under the provisions of this sub-title, to furnish the
information required for said advertisement and prepare
the same for publication, for which said services a sum
not to exceed $7. 50 shall be added to the total charges due
on the property.

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

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 458
(Senate Bill 333)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
196 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Public Education", sub-title