394                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 305

County proceed to collect all taxes in arrears on personal property
by selling any realty or personalty in Queen Anne's County belonging
to the person assessed with the taxes so in arrears; if real estate is
sold, the County Treasurer shall sell the same at the Court House in
Centreville, for cash, after giving at least three weeks previous
notice by advertisement of the time and place of sale; said ad-
vertisement to state the name of the person to whom the real estate
is assessed, and shall contain a locatable description of the same,
as required by the terms of Section 206; thereafter the County
Treasurer shall proceed as required by the terms of Section 207.

214. Personal property may be levied or distrained upon or taken
in execution for the County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Queen Anne's
County and actual possession shall be taken thereof, and it shall be
sold for cash at public auction at some convenient and public place
within the County after ten days previous notice by hand-bills set up
in at least three public places in the district in which the property
is seized; thereafter the County Treasurer shall proceed as required
by the terms of Section 207; and the County Treasurer shall receive
in addition to the costs of advertising, removal, care and/or custody
of the property and Court costs the following fees under this Section:
Levy $5.00; setting up of notices $2.00; crying sale $5.00; reporting
sale $3.00; and five per cent commissions on the proceeds of sale;
and the County Treasurer is hereby given full power and authority
to enforce collection of delinquent taxes on personal property by
issuing his warrant in the form following:

"To..........................................................................., Sheriff of Queen Anne's County.

Sir:

You are hereby authorized that of the goods and chattels of

................................................................................................you distrain, seize and in your

possession hold and keep until you cause to be made and satisfied and

paid unto the undersigned the sum of..........................................Dollars and

.......................................... Cents ($ ), for taxes on personal prop-
erty by the said....................................................................................due and in arrears,

interest, costs and charges as per the annexed account, and have you
those sums (after due advertisement, notice and sale, if such shall be
necessary) to render unto the said undersigned the taxes due and in

arrears, interest, costs and charges aforesaid within........................days

from the date hereof; and for so doing, this shall be your sufficient
authority.

Given under my hand this..........................................day of..........................................,

19.............

County Treasurer of
Queen Anne's County;

and to the warrant the County Treasurer shall cause to be annexed
an account showing the amount of taxes due and in arrears and the
interest due thereon, and all costs and charges accrued and to accrue
in the collection thereof, whereupon the party to whom the warrant
is directed shall immediately seize and take actual possession of suffi-
cient personal property of the party against whom the warrant is
directed and cause to be made the total amount due, by selling said
personal property, if necessary, in the manner set forth in this
section.