The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-12-08
Public Local Laws
Passed at the 1922 Session of
the Maryland Legislature
CHAPTER 1913


ed by the General Assembly of Mary
land, Acts of 1902, Chapter 469, and
to re-enact the same, with amend
ments, relating to properties sold to
and forfeited to, said county on ac-
count< defaulted State and County
taxes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 1l6G of Article II Of the Code
of Public Local Laws of MARYLAND,
title, County Treasurer" as repealed
and re-enacted by the General Assem-
blv of Maryland, Acts of 1902, Chapter
469, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, as
follows:
1l6G. No piece of real estate, offer
ed at tax sale, shall be sold for less
than the total of the taxes, interest,
PENALTIES and costs of sale for which it
is liable; and if such bid for the
same be not made, it shall be sold to
the County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County for such total amount
thereof.
In such case it shall remain on the
assessment books of the county and
be taxed as other properties thereon,
but not be resold at the succeedin G
annual tax sale. Report of SUCH sale
and final ratification thereof shall be
made and had, as herein before provid
ed. in the matter of tax sales generally
and if such real estate so sold be not
redeemed within the two years allowed
therefor by the payment of the pur-
chase money, with interest on the same
at the rate of II per cent per annum,
and of all subsequent taxes, interesL
and penalties accrued thereon, it shall
thereupon be forfeited to, and a good
fee-simple title to the same be vested
in the County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County, without the execution
of any deed therefor. Each piece of
property SO forfeited shall be removed
from said County assessment books
and be entered in book to be provided
for the purpose, to he called "Prince
Georges County's Tax Properties, u
and to he kept in the office of the
County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County. shall not be listed, as
tax sales for defaulted taxes to be held
and begun on the first Monday of
March in each year, but upon sale of
any parcel thereof by said County
Commissioners to a purchaser thereof
and conveyance made, shall be stricken
from the said book and be assessed
anew to the said purchaser and placed
unon the assessment boz ks of said
county. After each period of forfeits
ure said County Treasurer. for the
time being, shall make up a list Of all
such forfeited properties, which list shall
be inserted, weekly for six consecutive
weeks befoie the day of sale herein
after provided for in three newspapers
published in said Prince Georges
County, to be selected by said County
Treasurer, one of which newspapers
shall be published in the town Of Up
per Marlboro, one thereof in the towu
of Hyattsville, and one thereof in the
town of Laurel, provided that such a
newspaper exist and shall have been
established in it's respective town al
least two years, preceding the date of
the first publication of said advertise
ment; and shall contain description
of each piece of such forfeited pro-
perities, its location by district, it's
name, if any and known, and the
quantity of land approximately it con-
tains, any other information, known
to said County Treasurer, which may
more fully identify the same. To sucl
list sh Ill be appended notice that on
a certain day, to be Lamed therein,
said County Treasurer will at half-past
ten o'cl, ok 4. M, at the courthouse
door, in The town of Upper Marlboro,
in said county, proceed TO offer for
sale, at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, each of the said for
feited parcels of real estate as the pro-
perty of the County Ccmmi sioneIs of
Prince Georges County, beginning
with the first parcel on said list, and
continuing on in the order of said list
from day to day, if nt cessary, from
haIf-past ten O'Clock A. M. 10 three
o'clock P. M. Sun lays and legal holi-
days excepted, until all have been Of
fered for sale: and on said day of sale
said County Treasurer shall proceed to
make sale in conformity with his said
published notice. No piece of such
forfeited real estate offered for sale as
aforesaid shall be sold for less than the
total of the taxes. interest, penalties
an6 costs of sale, including such tax or
taxes, interest and penalties as would
have been levied upon it had it remain
ed on said county assessment books,
for which it is theR liable; and if no
such bid for the same be made. it shall
be Withdrawn from such public sale;
thereafter said County Commissioners
of Prince Georges County are author
lied and empowered to sell the same.
at public or private sale, for such price
as they deem advisable. and upon paw
ment Of the whole purchase money for
any parcel of forfeited real estate, sold
as aforesaid, and not before, to said
County Treasurer for the time being,
he shall execute to the purchaser there
of a good deed in fee simple thereof.
But the owner or owners of any parcel
of real estate forfeited, or forfeited
and sold, as hereinbtfore provided.
may, at any time prior to the actual pay-
ment of the purchase money for such
parcel of real estate by the purchaser,
pay to said County Treasurer, for the
time being, the total of all taxes, in
terest. penalties and costs of sale due
and accrued to date of, upon and
against such parcel of real estate, in
Guiding such tax or taxes, interest and
penalties as would have been levied
upon it had it remained on said
county assessment books, and there
upon such forfeiture OF forfeiture and
sale shall cease to be of any force and
effect and become null and void; ard
such owner or owners shall become
Tevested Of his, her on their former
right, title, claim, interest and demand
at law or in equity of, in and to such
parcel of real estate. The right of re-
demption hereby given shall apply to
any and all forfeitures and forfeitures
and sales of real estate, whether here
tofore occurred or hereafter to occur
and any and all such redemptions here
tofore made are here by ratified and
confirmed; and whenever said County
Treasurer, acting under a formal order
in writing of said County Commission
ers, has heretofore received and receipt
ed for the taxes, interest, penalties and
costs due upon any piece or parcel of
ground heretofore sold to the County
Commissioners, forswant of a satisfac-
tory bid, the forfeiture of said property
shall thereupon cease as fully as if
said property had not been so sold to
the said County Commissioners. Upon
such redemption said County Treas
urer, for the time being, shall enter
uron the proper books of his office
and upOn the reDOrt of sale relatjn Or