The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-07-06
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AN ACT to repeal Section III B. OF
Article A of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title Prince Georges
County, subtitle "Treasurer," as
enacted by Chapter 434 of the Acts
Of the General Assembly of Mary
land of the year 1904, and to re.
enact with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland that
section III B of Article II the code OF
public local laws, title Prince Georges
county subtitle, Treasurer as enacted
by chapter 434 of the acts of the Gen,
eral Assembly of Maryland of the
year 1904, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted as follows:
SECTION III. The clerk of the cir
cult court upon receiving from the
treasurer list of real estate about to
be advertised at tax sale, which COM
plete list shall be furnished by the
treasurer not later than fifteen days
prior to tue day on which said list is
sent out to the newspapers for adver-
tisement shall reach 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 cents
(25 cents) for finding and furnishing
the same to the treasurer; or if after
due search the same cannot be found
then in such case be shall receive the
same fee of twenty five cents; and the
said clerk shall receive $500 to be
paid him by the commissioners of the
county for filing report of tax sale
made by the treasurer, as hereinbe-
fore provided, docketing the same and
making 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 supplementary report to be
entered on the docket by the clerk of
the circuit court simply as filed, show
ing all the property redeemed from
such sales and to which exceptions
lave not been filed, so that the judge
taking cognizance of said report shall
be able to satisfy only such sales as
have not been redemeed or excepted
to, or if excepted to, in cases where
the exceptions have been dismissed by
him. The clerk of said court shall re
ceive from the party requiring any
service therein the same fees allowed
for similar services in ordinary equity
uits;taX proceedings so filed before him
shall not be actually recorded when
the treasurer's report is handed to the
court for ratification where no excep-
tions thereto have been filed; the court
if it considers the law to have been
complied with shall pass one general
order OF ratification of all unredeemed
tax sales, and the clerk of said court
shall enter on such lists of unredeem-
ed tax sales ratified. But when excep-
tions have been filed to any such tax
sales the exceptions shall be heard by
the court in usual manner that excep-
tions in chancery are generally heard
and if said exceptions or any of them
are sustained the clerk shall enter on
the docket exceptions sustained, and
sale set aside," and where such excep.
tions have been over ruled, excep-
tions over ruled and sale ratified,
designating particular piece or pieces
of property to which the rulings of the
court shally apply.
SECTION 9. And be in enacted, that
Lns act s1.lI take effect from the date
OF fits passage.
Approved Feb. Goth, 1906.
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
HON. JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
HON. CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
I Hereby Certify, That the atore-
going is true copy of an Act of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, pass
ed at the January Session, 1906.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate.
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