3658

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 781

Article 18 - Queen Anne's County of the Code of the Public Local
Laws of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

14-813.

(e) The following expenses relating to the sale shall be
allowed, all of which are liens on the property to be sold:

(1)  the expense of publication of all notices;

(2)  the cost of the county or municipal corporation
surveyor's description and plat, if necessary;

(3) a fee to the attorney representing the county
treasurer for services, that does not exceed $15 for each
property; except that in any county that has a paid full-time
solicitor, counsel or attorney, the fee shall be collected and
paid into the general funds of the county;

(4)  the auctioneer's fee, that does not exceed $10
for any date when 1, 2, or 3 properties are sold; and for any day
when 4 or more properties are sold the fee shall be $3 for each
property sold. However, in Dorchester and Wicomico counties the
auctioneer's fee shall be $10 for each property sold, but in no
event shall the auctioneer's fee be less than $50 a day or
greater than $200 a day. IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY THE AUCTIONEER'S
FEES SHALL BE $7.50 FOR EACH PROPERTY SOLD;

(5)  in Baltimore County, where provision has been
made for the posting of the premises to be sold, a sum that does
not exceed $7.50;

(6)  in Worcester County a fee to the attorney
representing the county treasurer, that does not exceed $35 for
each property, to be approved by the County Treasurer and by the
governing body;

(7)  in Baltimore City a fee that does not exceed $5
for the mailing of statements and notices; and

(8)  a reasonable fee that does not exceed $150 for
examinations of title before the mailing of statements and
notices.

14-820.

(b) The rate of redemption is 6% a year except:

(1) in Anne Arundel County the rate is 6% a year or
as fixed by a law of the County Council;