ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 375

Council of Baltimore for more than three (3) months and
shall remain unpaid, the City Collector may procure a title
search of the property subject to the lien, showing the
names of the owners, the holders of unsatisfied mortgages,
if any, and, if the property be subject to a ground rent,
the owner or owners of such ground rent and the owner or
owners of the leasehold title. The said City Collector is
hereby authorized to charge a title fee of Five Dollars"
($5.00) for such title search, which title fee shall be re-
corded in said Tax Lien Records and become a lien against
the said property. Such owners and mortgagees shall then
be notified in writing by the City Collector that he will
institute legal proceedings for the sale of the property for
the satisfaction of the said liens upon the expiration of
thirty (30) days from the delivery of said notice. The
notice shall be served upon said owner or owners and/or
mortgagees and if the address of either the said owner or
mortgagee cannot be ascertained, a copy of such notice
shall be posted upon the property or delivered to the occu-
pant thereof, if any, for delivery to the owners and/or
mortgagees.

If, after thirty (30) days from the delivery of such
notice the lien remains unsatisfied, the City Collector may
institute proceedings in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City
or the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City for the sale
of the said property for the satisfaction of the said lien.
The party plaintiff in such action shall be the City Col-
lector and the Collector of State Taxes of Baltimore City,
and the party or parties defendant shall be (a) in the case
of property subject to a ground rent, the owner or owners
of the fee simple title, the owner or owners of the lease-
hold title and any holders of unsatisfied mortgages; (b) in
the case of fee simple property, the owner or owners of the
fee simple title and any holders of unsatisfied mortgages.
The bill of complaint in such action shall allege (a) the
location and description of the property against which the
liens are recorded; (b) the character of the titles of the
parties defendant; (c) the character and amount of the
unpaid liens for which the property is to be sold, together
with the date of recording the lien and the docket reference
to the same; (d) that notice was given of the intention of
the Collector to sell the property to satisfy the lien at least
thirty (30) days prior to the institution of the action and
that the lien is still unsatisfied. The City Collector shall
be entitled under his prayers for relief to be appointed
trustee to sell the property for the satisfaction of the lien
but the City Collector shall receive no commission for his