1816 REVENUE AND TAXES. [ART. 81

such case, and may, if the distress shall appear to them
excessive, order such part of the goods as they may think
proper and just to be immediately released, and may order
either party to pay the costs.

1888, art. 81, sec. 55. 1860, art. 81, sec. 58. 1842, ch. 133, sec. 2.

1874, ch. 483, sec. 54.

56. Any sale of lands by a collector, where the owners are
described as the heirs of a named person, shall pass the title
as fully as if such heirs were each named in the proceedings
by his other proper name.

Ibid, sec 56. 1860, art. 81, sec. 62. 1844, ch. 236, sec. 6. 1862,

ch. 133. 1870, ch. 342. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 55.
67. Whenever real estate shall be sold by a collector the
owner thereof prior to the sale may redeem the same by pay-
ing into court, to be paid to the purchaser thereof within the
period of twelve calendar months from the date of such sale,
the amount of the purchase money, with interest thereon at the
rate of fifteen per cent, per annum from the date of the sale.
Burrows v. Gaither, 66 Md. 184. Young v Ward, 88 Md. 421.

Ibid sec. 57. 1860, art. 81, sec. 64. 1845, ch. 365. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 56.

58. If the purchaser of such real estate shall die without
having procured a deed from the collector, the collector may
convey the said real estate to the devisees or heirs of the
purchaser.

Ibid. sec. 58. 1860, art. 81, sec. 65. 1815, ch. 171, sec. 1. 1874, ch. 483,
sec. 57. 1904, ch. 281, sees. 1, 2.

59. If lands shall be sold by a collector for State, county
or city taxes, and the collector shall die, remove or refuse to
make a deed therefor, the court ratifying such sale may appoint
a special agent to execute such deed, upon application by said
purchaser, and may order said agent to execute said deed. When-
ever property in the city of Baltimore has been sold for taxes,
pursuant to law by one city collector, and such sale has been
reported and the deed executed by the successor in office of the
city collector who made the sale as aforesaid, such report and
such conveyance shall be as valid to all intents and purposes
as they would have been if made by the city collector who
made the sale. Whenever property in the city of Baltimore