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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 795

and all sums expended by such purchaser for the necessary
insurance, repair and preservation of the property so sold ;
and if the purchaser has not paid the purchase money, all
the subsequent taxes, said payment shall be applied to the
payment of the taxes for which said property may have been
sold, and all taxes thereon then in arrears, with interest
thereon according to law, and the cost of proceedings; but
such sale shall not be set aside if the provision of law
appear to have been substantially complied with, and the
burden of proof shall be on the exceptant to show the same
to be invalid.
Section 16 E. And be it enacted, That whenever real estate

Owner may
redeem same
within two
years.

shall be sold by the clerk and treasurer, the owner thereof
for whose delinquent taxes said property shall have been so
sold, may at any time within two years from the date of such
sale redeem the same by paying into court to be paid to the
purchaser thereof the amount of the purchase money, and
all subsequent taxes paid by the purchaser with interest
thereon at the rate of ten per centum per annum from the
date of sale and the date of payment of such taxes, respec-
tively, and such sums as shall have been expended in the
insurance, necessary repairs and care of said property by
the purchaser, if any has been made.
SEC. 16 F. And be it enacted, That after the expiration of

Deed to be
given of
property so
sold.

of two years from the date of such sale, provided the same
shall have been ratified by the court, the clerk and treasurer
selling the same, or the clerk and treasurer then in office,
shall by good and sufficient deed to be executed and acknowl-
edged according to law, convey to the purchaser or pur-
chasers the pieces or parcels of land so sold, and in the
event that there be no clerk and treasurer, or for any reason
he cannot or does not make such conveyance, said court shall
appoint some one to make such conveyance in his place.
SEC. 1.7. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons,

Clerk may
proceed to
levy upon
personal
property.

body corporate or bodies corporate shall be assessed with
personal property only upon which taxes shall not have been
paid as hereinbefore provided for, the clerk and treasurer
shall proceed to levy upon and sell the same in the same
manner and subject to the same restrictions as is or may be
prescribed for sales of personal property by tax collector or
county treasurer by any present or future local law for
Montgomery county.