EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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substantially complied with, and the burden of proof shall
be on the exceptant to show the same to be invalid.
M. Whenever any real estate shall be sold by the treas-
urer, the owner thereof, prior to the sale, may redeem the

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same by paying into Court, to be paid to the purchaser
thereof within two years from the date of such sale, the
amount of the purchase money and all subsequent taxes paid
by the purchaser, and such sums as may have been expended
in the insurance and necessary repairs and care of said
property by the purchaser, if any has been made, 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
and expenditure, respectively; provided, that said purchaser
shall file with the clerk of the Circuit Court of said county
an itemized statement of the sums so expended and the date
of such expenditure, verified by affidavit, and it shall be the
duty of said clerk when and as the money is paid into court
for the redemption of property as herebefore provided, to
notify, by mail or otherwise, the purchaser of said property
of such payment for purposes of redemption.
N. That after the expiration of two years from the date of
such sale, (provided the same shall have been ratified by the

Owner may
redeem
property.

Court) the treasurer shall, by a good and sufficient deed, to
be executed and acknowledged according to law, and at the
cost of the purchaser, convey to the purchaser or purchasers
the parcels of land so sold; and if the treasurer making any
of such sales shall die, remove from the county or cease to
be treasurer by reason of the expiration of his term of office,
or for any cause, the treasurer of said county then in office shall
execute such deed as fully and effectually as the collector or
treasurer making such sale might or could have done; or in
the event that there be no treasurer the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County shall appoint some person to convey the
same.
O. The County Commissioners of Montgomery county are
hereby authorized and empowered to purchase any real estate

Good and suffi-
cient deed to
be given.

offered for sale for the payment of taxes; provided, they
shall not bid a sum greater than the taxes in arrear upon
said property and the interest and expenses of sale and costs
and fees, and to sell or lease the same as in their judgment
and discretion shall be deemed best for the interests of the
county.

County Com-
missioners
may pur-
chase.