MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3443

confirmed; and in those cases where no cause or an insufficient cause be
shown against such ratification, the court shall in one order ratify and
confirm the sale or sales so made, and the purchaser or purchasers shall,
on payment of the purchase money, have a good title to the property sold;
but if good judgment in the judgment of the court be not shown in the
premises in relation to any parcel of land sold, said sale shall be set aside;
as to such parcel the clerk and treasurer who made such sale, and having
been set aside, shall, within thirty days, proceed to a new sale of the prop-
erty and bring the proceeds into court, out of which the purchaser shall be
paid the purchase money paid by him to the said clerk and treasurer on
said rejected sale, and all taxes assessed on said real estate paid by the
purchaser since said sale, and cost and expenses properly incurred in said
court, with interest on such sums from the time of payment, and all sums
expended by said purchaser for the necessary insurance, repair and preser-
vation of the property so sold; and if the purchaser has not been paid the
purchase money or the subsequent taxes for which said property may have
been sold, and all taxes thereon then in arrears with interest thereon ac-
cording to law and the costs of proceedings; but such sale shall not be set
aside if the provisions of the law appear to have been substantially com-
plied with, and the burden of the proof shall be on the exceptant to show
the same to be invalid; (f) that whenever real estate shall be sold by the
clerk and the treasurer for taxes, the owner thereof prior to the day of
sale may redeem the same by paying into court, to be paid to the pur-
chaser thereof within the period of two years from the date of such sale,
the amount of the purchase money, and all subsequent taxes paid by the
purchaser with the interest thereon, at the rate of ten per cent, per annum
from the date of sale, and the date of payment of such taxes respectively,
and such as shall have been expended in the insurance or necessary re-
pairs and care of said property by the purchaser, if any has been made;
(g) that after the expiration of two years from the date of such sale, pro-
vided the same shall have been satisfied by the court, the Mayor and coun-
cil of Glen Echo shall by a good and sufficient deed, executed and acknowl-
edged according to law, convey to the purchaser or purchasers the parcel
of land so sold; said deed shall be signed by the Mayor of Glen Echo, at-
tested by the clerk, with the corporation seal attached; (h) that the Mayor
and council of Glen Echo be and they are hereby authorized and empow-
ered to purchase any property offered for sale for the payment of taxes,
provided that they shall not bid a greater sum than the taxes in arrears
upon said property and the interest and expenses of sale and cost and fees,
and to sell or lease the same as in their judgment and discretion shall be
deemed for the best interest of the town, provided said property shall not
be retained longer than three years, and must then be sold; (i) that when
any taxpayer is assessed with personal property alone the clerk and treas-
urer may in his discretion levy upon and sell the same for taxes due and
in arrear at any time after the first day of January in any year after levy
and advertisement as now provided by law.