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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

clerk's office of the said circuit court, as now required by section

thirty-six, of article fifty-two, of the Code of Public General Laws,

said liens not to extend to leases from year to year and leases for

not more than five years not renewable.

SEC. 224. C. Any constable or sheriff of said county by virtue

of any execution issued by a justice of the peace for said county

May seize
and sell

on any judgment rendered by a justice of the peace may seize and

&c.

sell the interest and estate at law and in equity of the party against

whose property said execution shall have issued in and to any

lands, tenements, hereditaments or leasehold property within the

said county.

SEC. 224 D. The legal notice required to be given by any con-

Notice re-

stable, sheriff or other officer, of the sale of any real estate or lease-

quired.

hold interest, except terms from year to year, and leases for not

more than five years not renewable, under any execution issued by

a justice of the peace, shall be the same as required by article

eighty-three, of public general laws, sections three, four, five and

seven, entitled "Sales and notices."

SEC. 224 E. Every constable or sheriff of said county who shall

sell any real estate or leasehold interest by virtue of an execution

Return to

from a justice of the peace, shall make return of said writ and all

be made.

his proceedings thereunder in and about said sale, therein setting

forth the terms and length of notice, and manner and times and

places of publication, or giving notice of said sale, to the justice

authorized to receive the return of said writ, who shall forthwith

deliver all of the said return, together with the warrant and the

proceedings of the justices thereunder, to the clerk of the circuit

court for said county.

SEC. 224 F. The said sale as to any real estate, or any interest

No title to
pass until

thereon, or any leasehold interest as aforesaid shall not pass or

tale rati-
fied.

give any title or interest to the purchaser until such sale, after the

delivery of the proceedings aforesaid to the said clerk, shall by

the court have been on motion and notice as the said court as to

mode and parties shall direct, finally ratified and confirmed.

SEC. 224 G. The said court under said notice may examine into

any allegations of fraud or surprise as to the obtaining or render-

May va-
cate sale.

ing the judgment under which the sale shall have been made, and

if the court shall deem the judgment to have been obtained by

fraud or surprise, it shall vacate and annul the same and the sale

aforesaid without prejudice to the right of proceeding on the origi-

nal cause of action.

SEC. 224 H. If the court shall deem the sale to have been made

unfairly, without due notice, or under any circumstances tending

May va-
cate eale.

to prevent the estate sold from bringing a fair or full value, the

court shall vacate and set aside the sale, saving to the party en-

titled to the benefit of the judgment to have further execution of

the said judgment issued by any justice of the peace of said