128

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

purchase money, have a good and indefeasible title

to the property sold; but if good cause, in the judg-

ment of the said court be shown in the premises, the

said sale shall be set aside; in which case, the said

collector shall proceed to a new sale of the property

and bring the proceeds into court, out of which the

purchaser shall be repaid the purchase money paid

by him to the collector on said rejected sale; and

all the taxes assessed on said real estate and paid by

Costs and ex-

said purchaser since said sale, and all costs and ex-

penses.

penses properly incurred in the said court, with

interest on all such sums from the time of payment ;

and if the purchaser has not paid the purchase

money or the subsequent taxes, to apply the said

proceeds to the payment of the taxes for which said

real property may have been sold, and all subsequent

taxes thereon then in arrears, with interest on the

same, according to law, and the costs of the proceed-

ings; but such sale shall not be set aside if the pro-

visions of law shall appear to have been substan-

tially complied with, and the burden of proof shall

be on the exceptioner to show the same to be invalid

under the law.

SEC. 2. Whenever real estate shall be sold by

said collector, the owner thereof, prior to the sale,

How redeemed

may redeem the same by paying into court, to be

paid to the purchaser thereof within a period of

twelve calendar months from the day of sale an

amount equal to the sum, with twenty-five per

centum added thereto of the purchase money, of all

costs properly incurred by the said purchaser in se-

curing the ratification of the said sale, and of all

taxes assessed on said real estate and paid by said

purchaser since said sale.

SEC. 3. Whenever real estate or property of any

description shall be exposed for sale by said col-

lector of taxes for Wicomico county under the pro-

visions of the General Laws of this State, the State's

Authorized

Attorney for Wicomico county may bid for and pur-

to bid.

chase the same at the sale thereof, for the use of said

county, if the said sale be for the collection of taxes,

if in his opinion it shall be necessary and proper to

do so for the protection of the interest of the said

county; provided the sum bid shall in no case ex-

ceed the amount of the state and county taxes as-

sessed thereon, and the costs and expenses of sale.