The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-06-01
= upn,c I.ocA1 Laws.
January Session, 1900.
CHAPTER AT.

CHAPTER AT.
AN ACT to repeal Section ll6E and
III of Article II, of the Code of
! Public Local Laws, title Prince
Georges county, subtitle Treasurer,
as enacted 10y Chapter 222 of the
Acts Of the General Assembly of
Maryland of the year 1898; and to
re-enact the same with amendments.
SECTION |. Be it enacted 10y the
General Assembly of Maryland that
Section ll6E and III of Article II, OF
the Code of Public Local Laws, title
Prince Georges county, subtitle
Treasurer. as enacted hy Chapter 222
O. the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland. of the year 1898, be and the
same are hereby repealed and rc-enacted
as follows:
1l6E The Treasurer of Prince
Georges county shall receive, in full
compensation for the discharge of all
his official duties, three thousand dol
lals for each year of his term of office,
which shall be payable onc-tourth on
the first day of July, one-fourth on the
first day of October, and one-fourth on
the first day of January Of each fiscal
year, and the remaining fourth upon
final settlement of said fiscal year by
the Treasurer with the County Com
missioners Of Prince Georges county.
III. Personal property liable to
taxation in Prince Georges county,
and unassessed; and, also, that which
may be unassessed for any previous
year or years, or has been so assessed
that the assessment was void, shall be
assessed and listed in the same manner
as is provided for the assessment of
real estate in Section ll6F of said Ar
ticlc II, of the Code Of Public Local
Laws. But no personal property
which has been bona ti'le sold or trans
fcrrcd shall he assessed for any back
taxes
1lIA. All tax sales of real estate
shall be advertised for the full time,
hcreinbeforc required, in one newspaper
published in Prince Georges county.
belonging to each of the two leading
political parties of said county as shown
at the last election, to be selected by
the Treasurer, and the cost of such adj
vertisement in and for each newspaper
shall not exceed the sum of fifty cents
for tax sale, which sum of money
shall be charged against the property
offered for sale as items of cost. \
tax sale shall consist of all the real es-
tate in any election district of the coun-
ty advertised for sale and belonging to
the same person. If there be no such
two newspapers, then any newspaper
published in said county may be chosen.
In the matter of selling personal prop
erty for taxes, the Treasurer shall be
allowed costs similar to those allowed
by law in the case of seizure and sale
of personal property by distraint ex-
cept that he shall receive no fees or
commissions therein.
117B. The Clerk of the Circuit
Court shall upon receiving from the
Treasurer list of real estate about to
be advertised at tax sale, search for the
book and page Of the land records in
his Office relating to each piece thereof,
and he shall receive fee OF twenty-five
ce ITS for finding and furnishing the
sumo to the Treasurer. Said Clerk
shall receive fee of five dollars. pay
able by said Commissioners, for filing
a report of tax sales made 10y the
Treasurer as hcrcinbelore provided,
docketing the same and making entries
relative thereto, but. upon exc. ,ptions
to any sale therein, 4 separate suit shall
be docketed 10y him upon the equity
doc .lct concerning the same, wherein
all subsequent proceedings shall be
had, and he shall receive from the party
requiring any service therein the same
fees allowed for similar services in or
binary equity suits. Said proceedings
shall not be actually recorded, and the
result thereof shall be entered by said
Clerk upon the report OF sale, to wit:
Exceptions dismissed and sale finally
ratified, or Sale set asidc,' and be
5 gn ID by the Judge deciding the same.
ll1C. And he it enacted, That all
Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent
with this Act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 9 And be it enacted, That
section ll6E. as amended 10y this Act.
shall not apply to the present incum
bent of the office OF Treasurer Of Prince
Georges county during his term of
office.
SECTION 3 Be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved April 10th, 1900.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President ot thp Spnatp
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.