824 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 362

erty, or so much as may be necessary for his purpose, at public
sale, to the highest bidder, on giving twenty days' previous no-
tice, in the case of real and leasehold property, of the time,
place and terms of sale, by advertisement inserted in some
newspaper published in the town of Hurlock, and in the case
of personal property, by giving ten days' previous notice there-
of by handbills posted in four conspicuous places therein. At
the day appointed for the sale, the Clerk shall attend, and
offer and sell so much of the property seized as may be neces-
sary to pay taxes, interest and expenses. In the case of per-
sonal property, the sale shall at once vest the title thereto in
the purchaser. In the case of real or leasehold estate, upon
the ratification of the sale as herein provided, it shall vest the
title in fee in the purchaser absolutely. In the case of real
estate, the purchaser shall pay an amount of the purchase
money sufficient to pay taxes, interest, costs and expenses and
no more, and shall execute to the Clerk a bond or obligation,
with approved securities, to pay the balance of such purchase
money on the ratification of the sale.

Section 330N. At any time before the ratification of the
sale of real or leasehold property, the person charged with
the taxes under which sale was made, or any person in his
behalf, may pay to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the
amount paid to the Clerk for taxes, interest, costs and expenses
as aforesaid, with interest thereon from the day of sale at the
rate of fifteen per cent., and such payment, or the tender
thereof, shall render the sale null and void, and such payment
shall be an absolute bar to the ratification of the sale; upon
payment as aforesaid, the purchaser, or his executors, admin-
istrators or assigns, shall execute a deed or release, which shall
be recorded as a deed of real estate.

Section 330 O. Twelve months after the date of sale, or as
soon thereafter as may be reasonably convenient, the Clerk
and the purchaser shall report the sale to the Circuit Court
for said County, sitting in equity, and in said report the
names of all persons interested in the property shall be men-
tioned, and they shall be made parties as would be done in
the case of a creditor's bill. Persons holding judgment, mort-
gage or other liens on the real or leasehold property sold, shall
be entitled to be made parties thereto, and notice shall be given
to them by subpoenas or order of publication, as in other equity
cases, and the case shall in due time be heard, unless the taxes,
interest, costs and expenses of the entire case are paid within