PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1139

SEC. 451-I. Whenever any real estate shall be sold by the
Treasurer, the owner thereof, prior to the sale, may redeem the
same by paying to 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 pay-
ment of such taxes and expenditures, 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 hereinbefore pro-
vided, to notify, by mail or otherwise, the purchaser of said
property of such payment for purposes of redemption.

SEC. 451-J. That after the expiration of two years from the
date of such sale (provided the same shall have been ratified by
the 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 par-
cels of land so sold; and if the Treasurer making any of such
sales shall die, remove from the County or cease to be Treas-
urer 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 Frederick County
shall appoint some person to convey the same.

SEC. 451-K. That any sale of lands by the Treasurer when
the owners are described as heirs shall pass the title as fully as
if such heirs were each named in the proceedings by his other
proper name; and if the purchaser of any real estate sold by
the Treasurer for the payment of taxes shall die without having
procured a deed therefor the Treasurer may convey the said real
estate to the devisees or heirs of the purchaser.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect at
the expiration of the term of office of the present Treasurer.

Approved April 13th, 1914.

CHAPTER 671.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a Road Engineer for
Frederick County, and providing for the collection and ex-