§ 8701

(a) If any person is assessed for several parcels of land and tenements, in the same tax assessment, the total of said person's taxes, if not paid when due, may be collected out of the personal property, or out of the whole or any part or portion of the lands and tenements. (b) Land alienated by the taxable shall not be sold until other property of the taxable shall have been disposed of. (c) If the tax be paid on land alienated, the lien of the tax thereon shall be discharged.28 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 27; 33 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 22; Code 1935, §§ 1419, 1452; 42 Del. Laws, c. 109, § 1; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 8701;