1200                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 676

CHAPTER 676
(House Bill 45)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 84(a)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Charles County (1959 Edition,
being Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Charles County," subtitle "County Treasurer," to increase
the charges for advertising the names of delinquent taxpayers
and for advertising tax sales in Charles County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 84(a) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Charles
County (1959 Edition, being Article 9 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Charles County," subtitle "County Treas-
urer," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

84.

(a) For the collection of all taxes for State or county purposes
that may be due on April 11, 1910, the said treasurer shall proceed
as required by Section 9 of Chapter 509 of the Acts of 1908. For
all taxes which are levied after April 11, 1910, and that are due
in arrear, the treasurer shall immediately after the first day of
February in each year, make up a list of all delinquent taxpayers,
and the amount for which they are respectively in arrears, and
publish the same in one week's edition in not more than three news-
papers of general circulation published in Charles County; and if
the amounts so due and in arrears are not paid on or before the
first day of April next succeeding the publication of said delinquent
list, he shall proceed to advertise and sell all of such property as
hereinafter set forth. The said advertisements shall be inserted in
not more than three newspapers of general circulation published in
Charles County, to be designated by the County Commissioners, the
fees for advertising same to be as follows: For advertising the list of
delinquent taxpayers, [twenty-five] fifty cents for each name in
each paper that they shall be advertised; for advertising said sales,
[two] four dollars for each delinquent in each paper in which they
shall be advertised; and the advertisement of sale shall contain the
name of the person, persons, or corporations assessed, the property
upon which the taxes are due and in arrear, with a brief description
of the property, its general location, and such reference to the title
records in the clerk's office as to render same easy of identification,
the amount of taxes due and in arrear thereon, together with the
interest, costs and expenses accrued and to accrue thereon on the
day of sale, to which general list of items shall be appended a notice
that if such taxes are not paid on or before a day to be named
therein, not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty days from the
date of the first advertisement, together with the accrued interest
thereon and proportionate cost of advertising fees, the treasurer
shall proceed at 10 o'clock A.M. on the day named, at the courthouse
door in said county, to offer each and every parcel of land, premises
and other property for sale to the highest bidder for cash.