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tially complied with, shall order notice to be given by advertisement in
such newspaper or newspapers as the court may direct, warning all per-
sons interesed in the property sold to be and appear in said court by a
certain day to be named in said order, to show cause, if any they have,
why said sale or sales should not be ratified and confirmed; and in those
cases where no cause, or an insufficient cause, be shown against such ratifi-
cation, 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 cause, in the
judgment of the court, be shown in the premises in relation to any parcel
of said land sold, the said sale shall be set aside as to said parcel, in which

case the Treasurer of said town shall, within thirty (30) days, proceed
to a new sale of the property and bring the proceeds into court, out of
which the purchaser shall be paid the purchase money paid by him to the
Treasurer on said rejected sale, and all taxes assessed on said real estate
and paid by the purchaser subsequent to said sale and costs and expenses
properly incurred in said court, with interest on such sums from the time
of payment, and all sums expended by such purchaser for the necessary
insurance, repair and preservation of property so sold; and if the pur-
'chaser has not paid the purchase money or the subsequent taxes, said
payment shall be applied to the payment of the taxes for which said
property may have been sold, and all taxes thereon then in arrears, with
interest thereon according to law, and the cost of the proceedings; but such
sale shall not be set aside if the provisions of law appear to have been
substantially complied with, and the burden of proof shall be on the
exceptant to show the same to be invalid.

(H) On the day fixed for reopening the sale, the same proceedings
shall be had as at the previous sale, and the sale shall be adjourned from
day to daynntil all parcels have been again offered at least once; and any
taxes then remaining unpaid, with penalties and costs, shall be extended
upon the tax book and shall be collectable by sale at the tax sale of the
ensuing year or years.

(I) The purchaser at a tax sale shall pay forthwith to the Treasurer
the amount of taxes, penalties and costs. The Treasurer shall sign and
deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase, designating the land sold
and the amount paid therefor, and stating that unless the property shall
be redeemed within two years from the date of the sale, a deed will be
given by the Mayor of the town. Such certificates shall be assignable,
and an assignment thereof shall vest in the assignee all the right, title
and interest of the original purchaser. The holder of any certificate shall
have the right to pay all taxes, general or special, and assessments, includ-
ing State and county taxes as may be due or may become due, on the prop-
erty described in said certificate.

(J) Real property sold for taxes may be redeemed by the owner, or
by any person having interest in it, or lien thereon, at any time within
two years from the date of sale, by paying to the Treasurer a fee of one

dollar for a certificate of redemption, together with the amount paid by