498 CHARLES COUNTT. [ART. 9.

145. If there be not sufficient timber on said lands to pay the
taxes due thereon, or if the collector cannot sell such timber to
pay such taxes, he may sell any one tract or parcel of land upon
which the taxes may be due, having first given the notice
required by the 143d section of this article, and further notice in
one newspaper published in the District of Columbia of the time
and place of sale, specifying therein the amount of tax due, the
name, quantity and situation of such tract or parcel of land, and
shall make return of such sale to the county commissioners of
said county at their next meeting, to be recorded among their
proceedings.

146. The said sale and return shall vest a good title in the
purchaser of all the right, title and interest of the owner of such
lands in and to the same; but the owner may redeem such land
at any time within twelve months after such sale, by paying to
the purchaser the amount of the purchase money with interest
of twenty per centum on the same from the day of sale.