ART. 23.] WICOMICO COUNTY. 1111

the date any part of said fund shall be unclaimed, then that not
claimed shall become the property of said Mayor and Council
of Salisbury, and shall be transferred to the general money ac-
count of the city and used for any city purpose.

155. And be it enacted, That every deed given by the col-
lector for land sold under this Act for taxes shall contain a
statement of the name of the owner of said land, and when re-
corded shall be indexed under the name of the grantor, gran-
tees and the said owner or owners. The owner of any land so
sold may redeem the same at any time within one year of the
date of ratification of said sale by paying to said purchaser or
to the clerk of the Circuit Court for use of said purchaser the
amount of the purchase money paid for said land, together
with the costs and expenses incurred by him in the ratification
of sale and of deed and record, with fifteen per cent, interest per
annum on purchase money from day of sale, whereupon the
said purchaser shall reconvey said land to said owner, said land
to be free of all liens or claims, except such as were against it
before said tax sale. In case said purchaser or purchasers shall
refuse1 or neglect to execute such deed or for any other cause
fail to do so, the Circuit Court for Wicomico county on a peti-
tion filed by said owner in the matter of the collector's report
of sale under oath, setting out the facts of the sale of the prop-
erty and the payment of the money, penalties and charges, as
herein required, or the tender and refusal thereof, may pass an
order to be served on said purchaser, or if he can not be found
to be published as directed by the court commanding said pur-
chaser to be and appear in said court on some certain day to be
named therein, and show cause, if any he have, why he should
not reconvey said property, and if no cause is shown as required
the court shall pass a decree ordering that said property be
reconveyed to the said owner and appointing a trustee to con-
vey same to him in the same manner and as fully as said pur-
chaser would do. The cost of such petition and of the pro-
ceedings thereunder, including reasonable fee to his solicitor
in case it is granted, shall be paid by said purchaser, and shall
be ordered done so by the court. If said purchaser shall fail
to pay costs and charges for the period of thirty days after de-
cree, he may be adjudged guilty of contempt of court, and shall
be confined in the county jail until he purges himself therefrom.
In all cases of a sale of property for taxes the Mayor and
Council of Salisbury or the collector for them may buy same
at a sum not to exceed the amount due for the taxes, penalties
and costs and expense of sale.

150. And be it enacted, That the said clerk, treasurer and
collector shall make an itemized statement at the first regular