774 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 385

same was sold, interest at twelve per centum per annum on
the amount of such sale from the date of sale, as published,
to the time of redemption, and all subsequent taxes and/or
assessments, interest, penalties and costs which shall have
accrued thereon.

The sales of all real estate made by the said Town Treasurer
for taxes and special assessments so due and unpaid to the
said Commissioners of Bowie shall be reported by him, under
a general oath as to their fairness, to the Circuit Court for
Prince George's County, sitting in equity. Said sales shall be
listed in separate paragraphs. The Clerk of said Court,
upon receiving said report, shall docket a suit in the equity
docket of said Court in the name of the "Town Treasurer of
the Commissioners of Bowie", as plaintiff, against each of the
persons or corporation named in said report of sales, as
defendants.

The Circuit Court for Prince George's County is hereby
vested with full and complete jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine suits docketed upon said Town-Treasurer's report as
proceedings in rem as fully and completely as it can hear
and determine equity suits within its general jurisdiction.

The said Town-Treasurer's report of sales shall be considered
and treated by the Court as if it were <a bill in equity. Upon
the filing of said report the said Court, through its Clerk, shall
issue an order of publication against each of the persons or
corporations named in said report, which order of publication
shall be drawn and published in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Laws of Maryland authorizing service of process
upon non-resident defendants by publication. Upon it appear-
ing to the satisfaction of the Court that said order of publi-
cation has been duly published and that the time fixed by law
for the defendants to appear and answer has expired, the
Court shall proceed to hear, and determine all questions
raised as to said tax and/or assessment sale or sales and shall
enter such decree or decrees as the nature of the case may
require. A substantial compliance with the provisions of this
Act by the said Town-Treasurer in making such tax and/or
assessment sale or sales and reporting the same to the Court
shall be deemed to be sufficient compliance therewith.

An appeal from a final decree of said Court may be taken
by any party having an interest in any piece of real estate
described in said report, to the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
but such appeal shall apply only to the real estate of the
parties appealing, the decree or decrees rendered in said cause
otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Said appeals shall be taken and perfected as now required
by law.

Whenever the Court shall set aside any sale for taxes and/or