The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-27

assessed upon personal property shall
not bea lien thereon until he Treasurer
has diStraincd for the same. which dis
trrSs shall not bc made before the first
day OF October next after such taxes
are due and in arrears. and the pro-
! ceedings shall conform to those for dis
| tresS for rent but without a warrant to
! diStrlin or the intervention Of any other
official Taxes assessed upon real es-
| tate shall be a first lien thereon from the
date of such assessment. The sales Of
any and all real estate made by the
treasurer f,r defaulted taxes shall be
reported 10y him under general oath
as to their fairness, to the Circuit Court
for Prince Georges County, sitting in
equity, and if it appear that the re-
! qnlrements Of the law have been com
piled with said Court shall finally ratify
| the same unless cause to the contrary be
shown by the owner or owners or those
in privity with him or them on or be-
fore the first Monday Of May next after
the first day of such sale, to wit, after
the first Monday of March, If any
one, lawfully interested. shall show
| cause in writing against the rat .fication
of the sale of any parcel of land, the
Court shall proc 'ed therein to deter
mine tn SAN ACCORDING to lis usual
practice i'll the matter of exceptions to
sales; and an appeal hv either party to
the Court of Appeals, shall be allowed
from any final order rendered therein.
| provided the same be taken within two
months from the date Of such order.
and the record be forwarded within
three months from the date Of appeal.
to said Court. AS to each and every
| parcel Of land reported sold, against
| the ratification of the sat, whereof no
cause has been shown. tue said Court
/ shall forthwith consider and determine
/ the same, and in one decree, which shall
be written 10y the Clerk thereof in the
book containing said report of sales
and be signed by the Judge passing
the order, finally ratify said report of
sllcs eXcelt as to such sales. designat-
ing them by their respective numbers,
rs may have been excepted to or APP
| pear defective. When the Court has
set aside a sale of property, the taxes,
interest and penalties for which said
property was sold, shall continue lien
thereon, and be collected by the treas
urer, for the time being, and if not
sooner paid, said property shall be re-
| sold by him, at the next annual sale
of real estate for det;,ulteG taxes. The
| general notice OF sale when published,
as hereinafter required, shall have the
force Of a summons served upon all
persons interested in any land therein
advertised, commanding them toappear
/ in such Court on or before the first
Monday in May next after the first
day of such sale, to show cause why
the sale or sales, made and reported
under such notice of sale, shall not be
finally ratified and shall vest, in said
Court, full jurisdiction in the premises.
| SECTION ll6. The treasurer shall
make up and publish weekly, for six
| consecutive weeks before the first Mon
| day in March. in each year, a list of all
taxes, assessed upon real estate, which
| then remain unpaid and in default.
Said list shall be inserted in one news
paper published in Prince Georges
County, Maryland, to be selected by
said treasurer, and shall contain the
name or names of the persons appear
| ing upon the assessment book as the
owner OF owners of each piece of said
zeal estate, and if said real estate has
changed hands, in whole or in part, and
| such change be know to the Treason -.
! also, the present owners thereof, ,,.e
location Of the property by district, the
quantity of land it contains, and other
matters of description that may be
known to the treasurer, such as its
name, the adjacent property holders,
the book and page of the county land
records which contain the transfer OF
said property to the present owner, if
ascertained; and the amount of the
taxes in default, with the interest and
| penalties accrued, and to accrue to day
Of sale, upon each piece Of said real es-
tate. TO said list shall be appended a
notice that if such tax OF taxes. interest
and penalties. and the costs OF sale be
not paid before the first Monday of
! March following, the said treasurer
/ will. on that day. ut ten o'clock Il. m,
/ ut the Court III Duse q ,or, in the town
I If Upper Marlborough, in said County,
proceed to offer each ofthe said parcels
/ OF real estate for sllr at pnblic auction,
/ to the hi CHEST bidder, tpr cash, to sat
/ isty said taxes, interest, penalties and
! the cost Of sale thereon, beginning with
/ the first parcel on said list, and contin-
ung on in the order of said list, from
/ day to day, from ten O'Clock a. III. until
three O'Clock p. m, Sundays excepted,
until all shall have been offered for sale.
And on said first Monday in March
the treasurer shall proceed to make
said sale in conformity with said pub
lished notice.
SECTION ll6 \. After the conclu-
sion Of such annual sales, and on or
before the first Monday of April next
following. the treasurer shall make a
full report thereof to the Circuit Court
for Prince Georges County, sitting in
equity, and copy of the newspaper
containing the printed list and notice
w.
an exhibit. Said report shall be made
in substantially bound book, shall
give each sale separately, numbered,
seriatm. from one upwards, and shall
contain, in detail, the proceedings re-
lative to each piece of property sold,
especially the description thereof; the
name of the purchaser the price
brought; the sum Of money received
on account OF taxes, interest, penalties
and costs OF sale, and the items thereof;
the balance of the purchase money re-
manning unpaid and payable before de-
livery of deed; an the original memo
rlnhum ol sale signed hy the purchaser.
At the end OF : ii | report of sales, and
writing in thr BOOK containing same.
shall he one general oath, IN due form
OF law. hy said treasurer, that each OF