Ch. 227

LAWS OF MARYLAND

the courthouse in said county, to offer each and every said
parcels of land and personal property, as the case may be, for
sale to the highest bidder for cash, which said list and notice
shall be published four times, once a week for four successive
weeks prior to the second Monday in August in one or more
newspapers having a general circulation in said county, and on
said second Monday in August the treasurer shall, at the hour and
places named in said advertisement, proceed to sell any and all
such pieces or parcels of land and all such personal property,
beginning with the first on said list, and so on in order, upon
which the taxes, interest, costs and fees shall not then have
been paid, and shall continue such sales for each secular day,
legal holidays excepted, from ten o'clock A.M. until three
o'clock P.M. until every parcel shall have been offered; should
the treasurer, by reason of illness or other disability, be
unable to attend and conduct such sale or sales in person, then a
deputy to be by him appointed shall attend and conduct such sale
or sales and make the affidavit to the report of sales as now
provided for by law.

(c)  Provided, however, that on or before the first day in
October in each year, the treasurer shall accept one-third of the
taxes due by each of said taxpayers, and on or before the first
day of April, each year, he shall accept the remaining
[one-third] TWO-THIRDS of taxes due by each of said taxpayers.

(d)  Reserved.

(e)  The said treasurer, in and about the collection of
delinquent taxes, shall have all the powers and authority of a
collector of taxes under the [Code of Public General Law]
ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND; and should the said treasurer deem it
impracticable to sell personal property liable for taxes at the
time and place aforesaid, then he may advertise and sell said
personal property under the power and authority conferred upon
collectors of taxes by [article 81 of the Code of Public General
Laws] THE TAX - PROPERTY ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND, provided that the said treasurer shall proceed with
such sales as soon as possible after the second Monday in August,
as named in this section.

(f)  The treasurer is not entitled to any commission on the
amount of sales made by him in pursuance of the provisions of
this section.

(g)  Property sold for taxes may be redeemed as provided by
the [Code of Public General Laws] ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND upon
the payment of the taxes, with interest, costs of advertising and
actual expenses of sale, but no payment shall be required for
attorney's fees.

(h) Said treasurer, in and about the collection of
delinquent taxes, shall have authority to employ such counsel as

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