2290 ARTICLE 10.

be necessary for his purpose, at public sale, to the highest bidder, on
giving twenty days' previous notice, in the case of real and leasehold
property, of the time, place, and terms! of sale, by advertisement inserted
in some newspaper published in the town of Hurlock, and in the case of
personal property, by giving ten days' previous notice thereof by hand-
bills posted in four conspicuous places therein. At the day appointed
for the same, the clerk shall attend, and offer and sell so much of the
property seized as may be necessary to pay taxes, interest and expenses.
In the case of personal property, the sale shall at once vest the title thereto
in the purchaser. In the case of real of leasehold estate, upon the ratifica-
tion of the sale herein provided, it shall vest, the title in fee in the pur-
chaser absolutely. In the case of real estate, the purchaser shall pay
an amount of the purchase money sufficient to pay the taxes, interest, cost
and expenses and no more, and shall execute to the clerk a bond or obliga-
tion, with approved securities, to pay the balance of such purchase money
on the ratification of the sale; and the said clerk shall retain out of the
proceeds of such sale the amount of taxes due from such delinquent, with
interest thereon, together with all costs incurred in making the sale, and
shall pay the surplus, if any there be, to the owner thereof, or to anyone
who shall be entitled thereto; but if the person entitled thereto resides
outside of the county or is unknown or cannot be found in said county,
the said clerk may pay the said surplus into court ratifying the sale, with
a detailed statement showing such surplus, and the said court may dispose
of the same.

191S, ch. 362, sec. 330N. 1929. ch. 419. sec. 330N.

325. Whenever any real estate shall be sold for taxes, the owner thereof
or any person having any interest in the same, prior to the sale, his heirs,
personal representatives or assigns, or his, her or their agent or attorney,
or any mortgages, or other lien holders, may redeem the same by paying
into the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, within the period of twelve
months from the date of the sale, for the purchaser, the amount of the
purchase money, with interest at the rate of fifteen per centum per annum,
from the date of the sales and all proper costs incurred, including a reason-
able compensation for counsel fees, not exceeding twenty dollars, to be
fixed by the Court or by agreement of the clerk and the person interested
therein.

1918. ch. 362. sec. 330-O. 1929, ch. 449, sec. 380-O.

326. When any real estate shall be sold for the payment of taxes in
arrear, it shall be the duty of the clerk to report the said sale under oath,
together with all the proceedings had in relation thereto to the Circuit
Court for Dorchester County. The court shall examine the said proceed-
ings, and if the same appear to be regular and the provisions of the law
in relation thereto have been substantially complied with, it shall order
notice to be given by advertisement, published in such newspaper or news-
papers as the court shall direct, warning all persons interested in the
property sold to be and appear by a certain day, in the said notice to be