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Riverdale for the total amount thereof. In such case it
shall remain on the assessment books of the Mayor and
Town Council of Riverdale and be taxed as other property
thereon, but not sold at the succeeding annual tax sale. A
report of all sales made by the said Town Treasurer and
final ratification thereof shall be made and had as herein
provided.

Section 10D. Any real estate sold under the provisions
of this Act may be redeemed within two years after the
published date of the sale thereof, by the payment of the
total amount of the taxes and interest, penalties and costs
for which the sale was sold, interest at twelve per centum
(12%) 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 interest, penalties and costs
which shall have accrued thereon.

Section 10E. The sales of all real estate made by the
said Town Treasurer for taxes so due and unpaid to the
said Mayor and Town Council shall be reported by him,
under a general oath as to their fairness, to the Circuit
Court of Prince George's County, sitting in Equity. Said
sales shall be listed in separate paragraphs and numbered.
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 Mayor and Town Coun-
cil of Riverdale as plaintiff, against all of the persons or
corporations named in said report of sales, as defendants.

Section 10F. The Circuit Court for Prince George's
County is hereby vested with full and complete jurisdiction
to hear and determine suits docketed upon said Town
Treasurer's reports as proceedings in rem as fully and
completely as it can hear and determine equity suits with-
in its general jurisdiction.

The said Town Treasurer's report of sales shall be con-
sidered 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 pub-
lished in accordance with the provisions of the Laws of
Maryland authorizing service of process upon non-resident
defendants by publication. Upon it appearing to the sat-
isfaction of the court that said Order of Publication has
been duly published and that the time fixed by law for the