The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-04-12

shall fail OF refuse to quality By givin!
bond within thirty days after their ap-
poinlment. it shall and may be lawful 70
the Governor 10 appoint others in lhei
places, and so from time TO time ate
every in.erva! Of thirty days until dry
qualified collectors shall be arpoinlc,
throughout, the State, and the same powe
shall and may be exercised by the Gov.
ernor annually, whenever aud us often 4.
the Levy Courts, Commissioners Of The
Tax and The Mayor and City Council o
Baltimore shall ntgiec. or be unaJla tc
procure duly qualified collectors by the
first day Of Meg in each and every ear
Sec. 4. find be il cssacica, That when.
ever and as often az any collector Of the
taxes levied for the use Of this State, shall
find it necessary 10 proceed b. way o!
distress or execution 10 collect taxes now
due or 10 become due, he shall FIRST leave
with The party by whom the said taxes
are to lie paid or at his usual place Of
abode, statement showing the aggre-
gate amount of the property Of every des-
cription, with which such person is as,
sessed, and the amout Of taxes due there.
upon, with notice to the said statement
annexed, that unless the taxes SO due are
paid within thirty days, thereafter. the
said collector will proceed oy way of dis
tress CO. execution 10 collect the same.
Sec. 5. .4nd be IL enacted, That after
the proceedings required by the preced-
ing section shall have been had, if The
said taxes are no. then paid, the said COL
lectors are hereby authorised and reqnir-
I'd to levy upon either the real or person.
al properly Of the delinquent, aud expose
the same 10 public sale either on The pre-
misses, or at the Court House Door of the
County District or City, as the case may
be, after giving twenty days notice Of the
time and place Of sale by advertisement, in
at least one newspaper in the County,
District or City, where newspaper is
published, and also by notice stuck up a,
the Court House door, and in cas-. no
newspaper is printed in the County or
District, then in addition 10 The notice at
the Court House Door, at two other pub
lie places i'll the reghbnurhood Of The
same, and the said Collector shall then
and there proceed 10 sell by public auc-
ton, the property, si:fer real or personal,
so levied on, for cash to the highest bid
der, retaining out Of the proceeds of such
sales, the amount of the taxes due from
such delinquent with The interest thereon,
together with all the costs incurred by the
said Collector in making the sale, return
ing the excess, if there be any, 10 TIC own
er or owners thereof.
Sec. 6. ind Be ii enacted, That in all
cases Of the sale of real estae, under the
provisions Of tins act, or The Original Act
or any of its supplements, the party or
parties, owning the same, prior to the sale,
shall be and they are hereby authorised
TO redeem the said real estate, by paying
to the purchaser thereof, within the 1eri-
cd Of twelve Calendar months from The
dale OF such sale, the amount Of the pur"
chase money for which the same may
have been sold, with interest thereon al
the rate Of Gleen per centum per annum
from the date Of the sale.
Sec. 2. ind be ii enacted, That in all
cases OF the sale of personal property I'M
der the provisions of his acl, or the orr
gina act or any of its supplements, the
said collector or collectors are hereby au-
thorsed and required, to deliver posses
sion thereof to the purchaser or purcha-
sers, but in case the said property is not
present, or if for any other reason it shall
not be in the power Of the collector to
deliver possession as aforesaid, The pur-
chaser or purchasers may recover posses
sion of the same by action of repIevin in
any Court having jurisdiction in such ca
SEES, together with damages for the delen-
SONS thereof, from the time of The sale. or
may recover the value thereof, and dana
ges in an action Of trover.
Sec. 8. ind be IL enacted, That in all
cases Of the sale of real estate as aforesaid.
if the owner or owners shall not redeem
The same, within the time and upon the
terms aforesaid, the purchaser or purcha-
sers thereof, shall be and they are hereby
authorised, 10 recover the possession, {if
the same be withheld) by action of eject
menl; and in all such cases, and also in
the cases contemplated by the preceding
section, the plaintiffs shall be entitled 10
recover, upon producing the receip. oil
collector for the purchase money, des-
cribing with reasonable certainty the pro-
perry sold, and upon showing on the par.
of the collector making the sale, a sub
s,antiaI compliance with the acquisitions
Of this Act.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, Tha. if any
person or persons, shall resist, attack, or
menace with violence, any collector or
collectors, in the discharge of !he duties
required Of them By this act, or the ORR
ginal act, or any Of It's supplements; or
shall resist, attack, or menace with vio-
lence, any person or persons prs:sn. and