608 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the costs of the examiner or examiners, and the costs of the
appraisement and survey aforesaid, as well as the costs attend-
ing said sale; but before said appraisers shall act in the matter
they shall take an oath before some justice of the peace of Bal
timore county that they will act fairly and justly in the dis-
charge of their duties as such appraisers (and for their ser-
vices as appraisers they shall receive two dollars per day), but
if the amount of said assessment and all the costs incurred by
the examiner or examiners, or surveyor and appraisers be paid
before the time fixed for the sale, then further proceedings shall
cease. When any real estate shall be sold under the provisions
of this section, the sale shall be for cash, and shall be reported
to the Circuit Court for Baltimore county or the Baltimore
City Court, upon which report there shall be a brief order nisi
published as in cases of judicial sale by trustees, and if the
court shall find that the provisions of this section have been
complied with, the sale shall be ratified; and in all cases of the
sale of real estate under this sub-title of this article, the owner
thereof may redeem the same at any time within two years
from day of sale by repayment to the purchaser thereof the
amount paid by him with the interest thereon at a rate of ten
per centum from the day of sale. And all assessments for bene-
fits that shall not have been paid within ninety days from the
ratification of the proceedings in the matter, shall bear in-
terest from the expiration of said ninety days until paid, and
shall be collected by said examiner or examiners with the
amount assessed; and in the event of the purchaser failing
forthwith to comply with the terms of said sale, the examiner
or examiners shall resell the same at the risk of the former pur-
chaser, giving not less than ten days' notice in one or more
newspapers published in Baltimore county; and when the exam-
iner or examiners shall receive the full amount of the purchase
money on such sale, the said examiner or examiners shall execute
a deed of conveyance in favor of the purchaser, which deed shall
convey a fee-simple or leasehold estate in and to such prop-
erty; and after deducting the amount of assessment, or such
portion of the same as may be due and unpaid, the cost of sales,
advertising and other necessary expenses, the balance shall be
paid or tendered to be paid to the person legally entitled to
receive the same; and if such balance should not be demanded
of the examiner or examiners within sixty days after the re-
ceipt of same, the said examiner or examiners shall make appli-
cation in the usual manner to have said balance deposited in
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county; and all expenses of
such proceeding shall be paid out of the said balance; pro-
vided, that nothing in this section contained shall prevent the
examiner or examiners from receiving such amount as may be