The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-13
UPPER NJ MARLBOROUGH,


assessed upon personal property s!la
not be a lien there IN until the Treasurer
has distrained for the same. which dis
tress shall not be made before the frs,
day OF October next after suc.l taxes
are due and in arrears. and the pro
ceedings shall conform to those for dis
tress for rent but without q warrant tC
distrain or the intervention ofany other
official. Taxes assessed upon real es
tate shall be first lien thereon from the
date OF such assessment. The sales Of
any and all real estate made by the
treasurer f,r def;tulted 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.
qulrements Of the law have been COM
plled 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 Oh 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 ratification
OF the sale OF any parcel of land. the
Court shall proceed therein to deter
mine the salllt according TO its usual
| practice IN the matter of exceptions to
sales: and an appeal by 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 sll, whereof no
cause has been shown. tie said Court
shall forthwith consider and determine
the same, and in one decree, which shall
be written by 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
slles except as to such sales. designat-
ing them by their respective numbers,
rs may have been excepted to or ap-
pear detective When the Court has
set aside sale of property, the taxes,
interest and penalties for which said
property was sold, shall continue lien
thereon, and be collected by the treas
nrer, 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 detaulteG taxes The
general notice of sale when published,
as hereinafter required, shall have the
force of summons served upon all
persons interested in any land therein
advertised, commanding them to appear
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, 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 tue assessment book as the
owner or 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 treasurer
also, the present owners thereof, the
location of the property by district, the
quantity of land it contains, and other
matters of description that may be
known to the troa surer, such as it's
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
notice that if such tax or 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, at ten o'clock a. NJ,
at the Court House door, in the town
of Upper Marlborough in said County.
proceed to offer each ofthc said parcels
OF real estate for sale, at public auction.
to the highest bidder, tor cash, to sat
lsty said taxes, interest, penalties and
the cost OF sale thereon, beginning with
the first pare i on said list, and contin-
uing on in the order of said list, from
day to day, from ten O'Clock a. m. 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
slid sale in conformity with said pub
lishcd notice.
SECTION ll6 \. After the concu-
sion of such annual sales, and on or
before the first Monday of April next
following, the treasurer shall make
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
aforesaid shall accompany the same as
an exhibit. Said report shall be made
i'll substantially bound book, shall
give each sale separately, numbered,
serlatlm, from one upwards, and shall
contain, in detail the proceedings re-
lativc 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-
malning unpaid and payable before de
livery Of Il ed: an the original memo |
r'n lam on sac ii tn@.l hy thu purchaser .
At the end Of Siil report Of sales, and
writing in the book containing same. /
shall he one general oath, in due form
OF law, hy sud treasurer, that each Of !