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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Court may
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comply with the provisions of this Act, the said sale shall be
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order sale to
be set aside.
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set aside, and the said collector shall proceed to make a new
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sale of the property. Upon the ratification of a tax sale under
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this Act the said collector shall convey to the purchaser the
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property purchased by him upon the payment of the costs of
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such deed by the purchaser; and the bond of the treasurer or
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collector shall be liable for the purchase money paid by the
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purchaser, if the sale be not ratified, and for all costs and
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expense accruing from said sale ; the treasurer shall retain the
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proceeds of said sale, when ratified, the amount of taxes and in-
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terest thereon, and all costs incurred in advertising, making,
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reporting and ratifying such sale, and pay over the excess to
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the owner of the property thus sold ; and no sale under this Act
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shall be set aside if the provisions thereof relating to sales shall
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appear to the court to have been substantially complied with;
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and the production of proof to show non-compliance with the
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said provisions shall be by the objector or exceptant to the said
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rule; and when any sale shall have been finally ratified by the
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Ratification of
sale.
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court as. herein provided, the order of ratification shall be con-
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clusive as to the regularity of the said collector's or treasurer's
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proceedings relating to said sale, and shall not be open to in-
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quiry, except in case of fraud or collusion in the said pro-
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ceedings and sale on the part of the said collector and the pur-
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chaser.
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Tax deeds.
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140. Sub-Section 9. Every tax deed executed by such col-
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lector shall contain the name of the former owner of the prop-
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erty it conveys, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall index
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it, not only by the names of the grantor and grantee, but also
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in the names of and as from the former owner to the grantee.
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Former owner
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140. Sub-Section 10. Whenever any land shall be sold by
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may redeem
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the collector and treasurer, the owner thereof may redeem the
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land sold.
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same within twelve months from the date of such sale by pay-
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ing into the said court the amount of the purchase money, with
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the interest thereon, at the rate of fifteen per cent, per annum
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from the date of sale, to be paid to the purchaser of the said
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land, and the costs of the proceedings in the matter of said sale,
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with the cost of the treasurer's deed to said purchaser, if said
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deed has been given, and upon paying the expense of securing
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title to himself.
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140. Sub-Section n. The said clerk, collector and treasurer
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Compensation
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shall receive as a compensation for his services as such an an-
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nual salary of not more than six hundred dollars, payable by the
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said Mayor and Council from the city's funds; and his term
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