If a proprietor neglects to pay the proprietor's assessment to the treasurer, collector or committee for 6 months if the proprietor resides in the State, otherwise for 12 months, then the committee may, from time to time, sell at auction as much of the proprietor's right in the common lands as is sufficient to pay the proprietor's tax and the reasonable charges of sale, after notice thereof posted as provided and published in 2 of the newspapers before named, 5 weeks successively next before the time of sale; and may give deeds thereof in fee to the purchaser.   [RR 2025, c. 1, Pt. E, §32 (COR).]