The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-07-01
p Pup1,c LOCAL Laws.
January Session, 1904.
CHAPTER 434.

and III B, of Article II Of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title "Prince
Georges County," sub title, "Treas-
urer' as enacted by chapter four
hundred and seventy-seven of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of the year 1900, and to
re-enact the same with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland that
Section III A. and III B of Article
II of the code of Public Local Laws.
title "Prince Georges County," sub
title "Treasurer" as enacted by Chap
ter four hundred and seventy seven OF
the Acts of the General Assembly OF
Maryland OF the year 1900 be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enact-
ed as follows:
SECTION III A. All tax sales of real
estate shall be advertised for the full
term hereinbefore required in two news
papers published in Prince Georges
county, to be selected by the Treasur-
er, one of which newspapers shall be
published in the town of Upper Marl-
boro' and the other shall be published
either in the town of H yattsville or in
the town of Laurel; provided that
newspapers 80 selected shall have been
established in their respective towns
at least two years preceding the date
of the first publication Of said adver-
tisement and the cost of such adver-
tisement in and for each newspaper
shall not exceed the sum of fifty cents
(50) cents for tax sale which sum OF
money shall be charged against the
property offered for sale as items Of
cost. A tax sale shall consist of all the
real estate in any election district OF
county advertised for sac and belong
ing to the same person. In the mat
ter of sale Of personal property for
taxes, the Treasurer shall be allowed
costs similar to those allowed by law
in the cases of seizure and sale of
personal property by distraint, except
that be shall received no fee or COM
fhorosn
SECTION III B The Clerk of the Cir
cult Court upon receiving from the
Treasurer list of real estate about to
be advertised by him at tax sale, shall
verify the Treasurer reference in said
list to libers and folios thereof of the
records in the Clerks office by com
pairing said reference with the libers
and folios referred to by the
Treasurer. The said Clerk shall re.
ce;ve a fee of twenty five (25) cents
for every reference to the liber and
folio set out in the Treasurer's list,
the said fees to be taxed as costs in
the tax sale about to be made by the
said Treasurer, and the said Clerk
shall receive five ($5.00) dollars to be
paid him by the Commissioners Of the
county, for filing report of sales made
by the Treasurer, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, docketing the same and make
ing other entries relative thereto. The
said Treasurer, before bringing up his
report Of sales to the Judge of the
Circuit Court for ratification shall
first file a supplementary report to be
entered on the docket by the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court simply as "filed,"
showing all the property redeemed
from such sales and to which excep-
tions have not been filed, 80 that the
Judge taking cognizance of said re-
port shall be able to ratify only such
sales as have not been redeemed or ex-
cepted to, or. if accepted to in cases
where the exceptions have not been
dismissed by him. The Clerk Of said
Court shall receive from the party re-
quiring any service therein than the
same fees allowed for similar services
in ordering aquity suits. Tax pro-
ceedings 80 fled before him shall not
be actually recorded when the Treas
urer's report is handed to the Court
for ratification, where no exceptions
thereto have been filed, the Court if it
considers the law to have been compli-
ed with, shall pass one general order
of ratification of all unredeemed tax
sales, and the Clerk of said Court
shall enter ON such list of unredeemed
tax sales, "Sales ratified" But where
exceptions have been filed to any such
tax sales, the exceptions shall he heard
by the Court in the usual manner that
exceptions in Chancery is generally
heard and if said exceptions are sus-
tained, the clerk shall enter on his
docket, Exceptions sustained and
sale set aside" "and where such excep
tions have been over ruled, "Excep-