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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

rate from the date of such payment, (e.) The Treasurer shall
deliver to the person making the redemption a certificate of
redemption, and shall keep in a separate fund all moneys re-
ceived by way of redemption, to be paid without interest to
the tax purchaser, their heirs or assigns, upon the delivery to
him of their certificates of purchase, (d.) If real property
sold for taxes be. not redeemed within one year from the date
of the sale, the Mayor shall, on presentation of the certificate
of purchase and the payment of the amount of taxes then due,
execute in the name of the town, and deliver a deed conveying
to the purchaser, Ms heirs or assigns, the property described in
the certificate; such deeds shall vest in the grantee an ab-
solute estate in fee simple, free from all liens or incum-
brances whatever, except liens for State, county or munici-
pal taxes; such deed shall be prima facie evidence in all
courts that the proceedings prior to the execution and de-
livery, including the assessment and levy of the taxes,
were regularly and validly taken, that the land was sub-
ject to taxation, that the taxes had not been paid before the
sale, that the property had not been redeemed, and that the

Purchase of
property .By
town.

deed vested in the grantee an absolute title, according to its
tenor, (e.) If any piece of property cannot be sold for the
amount of taxes, penalties and costs due from the person to
whom it is assessed, the town clerk or bailiff shall, if so
directed by the Mayor, bid off the same for the town; in such
case, no certificate of sale shall be made; but if, at any time
thereafter, any person shall pay to the town the amount of the
taxes, penalties and costs to date, together with all taxes, gen-
eral or special, which may have become due thereon, after the
date of the sale with interest, at fifteen (15) per centum per
annum, the treasurer shall give to such person a certificate sim-
ilar to the certificate given to a purchaser at the tax sale, which
shall entitle him to the same rights and privileges as if he had
purchased the property at the tax sale, (f.) If any person
claiming title under a tax deed made as hereinbefore provided,
shall be defeated in any suit or proceeding by or against him
for the recovery of the land purporting to be conveyed by
such tax deed, the successful claimant shall be adjudged to
pay him the full amount paid by the purchaser, at the tax sale,
with interest, at the rate of fifteen (15) per centum per annum
on the total amount thus made, also the amount of all taxes,
State, county and municipal, general or special, paid by
the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, after the date of the certi-
ficate of purchase, and interest thereon, at six (6) per cent.