The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-06-02
DPUBLIC LOCAL LAW
RELATING TO HARTFORD COUNTY
ENACTED JANUARY SESSION, 1882.
Published 6y Authority.


AN ACT to repeal section one and section thr-
ty-seven, chapter four hundred and forty, act
of Assembly eighteen hundred and seventy
eight 1SISJ entitled an act to incorporate the
town of Havre de Grace, in Hartford county by
the name of the City of Havre de Grace, and to
re-enact the same with amendments And to
add additional sections thereto to be known as
sub-sections nineteen A, nineteen b, nineteen
c and nineteen ID.
That sections one and thirty seven, chapter four
hundred and forty, act of eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight, to incorporate the town of Hayre
de Grace by the name of the city of Hayre de
Grace, be aad the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows, and to add
thereto additional sections to be known as sub
sections nineteen A, nineteen b. nineteen and
SECTION l. BE 10 enacted, That the town of
Havre de Grace in Hartford county, shall be, and
is hereby created; into city, by the name of the
city of Havre de Grace; and the inhabitants
unde e Of e
Council of Havre de Grace, and as such shall have
succession and by such name may sue and be sued,
may have and use a common seal, which m ay be
altered at pleasure; and may purchase and hold
real, personal and mixed property, or dispose of
the same for the benefit of the said city provided
that the alienation of such real property shall
first be submitted to the voters of said city, at
general election for Mayor and City Council, as
tice; or the said City Council may order a special
election for this purpose by giving the aforesaid
notice; and in the event of majority of the legal
voters asserting thereto, then SAID sale of real
SEC. 81. And be 10 enacted, That IL shall be the
duty of the Treasurer. after first having filed such
bond the Council may require, to take charge of
belonging to said city. He shall make a state
ment of the condition of the finances of said city
to the Mayor and City Council whenever called
upon to do so. He shall pay out no monies with
out an order of the City Council approved by the
SEC 10 A. And be IL enacted, After the proceed
ings required by the preceding section shall have
been had, If the said taxes are not then paid, the
oailiff shall levy upon any property of the deln-
quent; and after giving twenty days notice of the
one newspaper in the city of Hayre dc Grace and
if none be published there, then in at least one
newspaper published in the county of Hartford,
and by notice stuck up at the City Hall he shall
then, agreeable 20 said advertisement and notice,
either on the premises OF at the door of the City
auction the propertv So levied on for casb 70
the highest bidder, retaining out of the proceeds
of such sales the amount of taxes due from such
delinquent. with interest thereon together with
all the costs incurred in making the salo !; and
paying the surplus, If there be any, to the owner
SEC. 10 B. Ind be 10 enacted. That the real estate
of a delinquent tax payer may be sold to pay city
taxes, whether there be personal property or NOT,
the baif complying with the provisions OF the
two preceding sections.
SEC. 10. C. And be Il enacted, In all cases where
lands held in fee-smple or by lease, shall be sold
for payment of taxes in arrears according to the
provisions of the existing laws, 1t shall be the
duty of the baff to report the said sale together
with all the proceedings had in relation thereto
to the Circuit Court for Hartford county, and the
court shall examine said proceedings and If the
same appear to be regular and the provisions of
law in relation thereto have been compiled with
shall order notice to be given by advertsementin
ore weekly newspaper published in said county
warming all persons interested in the property
sold to be and appear on certain day named to
show cause If any they have, why said sale should
not be ratified and confirmed and If no cause or
an insuihcient cause be shown against the said
ratification, the said sale shall, by order of said
court, be ratified and confirmed, and the pur-
chaser shall, on payment of the purchase money,
have good title TO the property sold but If n
good cause: in the Judgment of the said court, be
shown in the premises, the said sale shall be set
aside In which case the said bailitf shall proceed
to a new sale of the property, and bring the pro-
ceeds into court. out of which the purchaser
shall be repaid the purchase money paid by him
to the bailiff on said rejected SALE and ali taxes
assessed said real estate and paid by said MIR.
chaser since said SALE and all costs and expenses
properly incurred in the said court with interest
and all such sums from the time of payment and
IL the purchaser has not paid the purchase money
or the subsequent taxes, to apply said proceeds
to the payment of the taxes for which said real
property may have been sold. and all subsequent
taxes thereon In arrears, with interest on the
same according to law, and the costs of the pro-
ceedings; put such sale shall not be set aside If
the provisions OF law shall appear to have been
substantially complied with; and the burden OF
proof shall be on the exceptant to show the same
SEC. 10, d. Ind be IL enacted. Whenever real es-
tate shall be sold by the balif the owner thereof
prior to the SALE may redeem the same by paying
within the period Of twelve calendar months from
the date of such sale, the amount of purchase
money with interest thereon, at the rate of ff-
teen per cent. per annum from the date of sale
SEC. g. And be IL enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
rect copy Of an Act Of the General Assembly yo Of
Maryland, passed January Session, 1882.
IApp''''' ''"' ''' -''~' JOSEPH n spru
Chief Clerk OF the House of Delegates
JIM. MILLER
myls Secretary Of the Senate.