§ 10-122. Collector of taxes; liens.  


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  • The Director of Finance shall be the collector of all State and County taxes levied by the Council. He shall have full power to enforce payment thereof by sale of the property liable therefor, and to convey a good title to any such property, real or personal, so sold by him. Taxes assessed upon real estate shall be a first lien thereon from the date of such assessment.

(Laws 1898, ch. 222, Sec. 115; Laws 1912, ch. 184, Sec. 115; PLL 1912, Art. 17, Sec. 217; PLL 1930, Art. 17, Sec. 349; Laws 1933, ch. 116, Sec. 349; 1943 Code, Sec. 448; 1953 Code, Sec. 486; Laws 1957, ch. 817, Sec. 486; PLL 1963, Sec. 20-9)