ART. 54.] ESCHEATS—PAYMENTS. 909

Lessee v.Greenfield, 2 H & McH. 121. Partridge's Lessee v. Colgate, 3 H. &
McH. 339. Owings v. Norwood's Lessee, 2 H. & J. 96. Hall v. Gittings, 2 H.
& J. 112. Howard v. Moale's Lessee, 2 H. & J. 249. Stewart v.Donaldson, 5
H. & J. 428. Matthews v. Ward, 10 G. & J. 443. Lee v. Hoye, 1 Gill, 188,
Casey's Lessee v. Inloes, 1 Gill, 430. Wilson v. Inloes, 6 Gill, 159. Clement's
Lessee v. Ruckle, 9 Gill, 328. Smith v. Baker, 4 Md. Ch. 29 Goodwin v.
Caton, 4 Md. Ch. 160. Jones v. Bradley, 4 Md. Ch. 167. Twigg v. Jacobs, 4
Md. Ch. 541. Hammond's Lessee e Inloes, 4 Md. 138. Peterkin's Lessee v.
Inloes, 4 Md. 175. Brown v. Shilling, 9 Md. 74.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 54, sec. 25. 1849, ch. 424, sec. 2.

32. Every escheat warrant shall be executed within twelve
months, and no escheat warrant shall be renewed after one year
from its date.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1861, ch. 3.

33. Every person who has obtained a warrant to survey vacant
or escheat land shall, within one year from the date of such
warrant, pay for the land included in the certificate of survey at
the following rates: for vacant land not in Allegany or Washing-
ton counties, fifty cents per acre; and if in Allegany county,
twenty cents per acre; and if in Washington county, twenty-five
cents per acre, and shall in addition pay the vaiue of any improve-
ments there may be on any such vacant land; but there shall be
deducted from the purchase-money aforesaid the sum which the
party paid upon obtaining the warrant; and for land which has
escheated, two-thirds of the real value of the same. If any person
shall fail to pay within one year, as required by the preceding
sections, the land may be taken up by any other person, under a
proclamation warrant or escheat warrant, as the case may be.

Owings B. Norwood's Lessee, 2 H & J. 96. Lee v. Hoye, 1 Gill, 188. Cun-
ningham v.Browning, 1 Bl. 299.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1781, ch 20, sec 8. 1861, ch. 3.

34. The person who first applies to the commissioner of the
land office for a warrant during business hours shall be entitled
to the same upon paying the usual fees and caution money.

Ibid, sec 28. 1781, ch. 20, sec. 9.

35. The vaiue of all escheat lands and the improvements
thereon, and the real value of any improvements upon vacant