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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Court may

comply with the provisions of this Act, the said sale shall be

order sale to
be set aside.

set aside, and the said collector shall proceed to make a new

sale of the property. Upon the ratification of a tax sale under

this Act the said collector shall convey to the purchaser the

property purchased by him upon the payment of the costs of

such deed by the purchaser; and the bond of the treasurer or

collector shall be liable for the purchase money paid by the

purchaser, if the sale be not ratified, and for all costs and

expense accruing from said sale ; the treasurer shall retain the

proceeds of said sale, when ratified, the amount of taxes and in-

terest thereon, and all costs incurred in advertising, making,

reporting and ratifying such sale, and pay over the excess to

the owner of the property thus sold ; and no sale under this Act

shall be set aside if the provisions thereof relating to sales shall

appear to the court to have been substantially complied with;

and the production of proof to show non-compliance with the

said provisions shall be by the objector or exceptant to the said

rule; and when any sale shall have been finally ratified by the

Ratification of
sale.

court as. herein provided, the order of ratification shall be con-

clusive as to the regularity of the said collector's or treasurer's

proceedings relating to said sale, and shall not be open to in-

quiry, except in case of fraud or collusion in the said pro-

ceedings and sale on the part of the said collector and the pur-

chaser.

Tax deeds.

140. Sub-Section 9. Every tax deed executed by such col-

lector shall contain the name of the former owner of the prop-

erty it conveys, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall index

it, not only by the names of the grantor and grantee, but also

in the names of and as from the former owner to the grantee.

Former owner

140. Sub-Section 10. Whenever any land shall be sold by

may redeem

the collector and treasurer, the owner thereof may redeem the

land sold.

same within twelve months from the date of such sale by pay-

ing into the said court the amount of the purchase money, with

the interest thereon, at the rate of fifteen per cent, per annum

from the date of sale, to be paid to the purchaser of the said

land, and the costs of the proceedings in the matter of said sale,

with the cost of the treasurer's deed to said purchaser, if said

deed has been given, and upon paying the expense of securing

title to himself.

140. Sub-Section n. The said clerk, collector and treasurer

Compensation

shall receive as a compensation for his services as such an an-

nual salary of not more than six hundred dollars, payable by the

said Mayor and Council from the city's funds; and his term