986 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sale shall not be ratified and confirmed, and in these cases where
no cause, or an insufficient cause be given against such ratifica-
tion, the Court shall in one order ratify and confirm the sales so
made, and the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall, on pay-
ment of the purchase money and the delivery of a deed therefor
as hereinafter provided for, have a good title to the property
sold, but if good cause be shown against such ratification, in the
judgment of the Court, in relation to any parcel of land sold,
the said sale shall be. set aside as to such parcel, in which case
the said treasurer shall, within thirty days, proceed to a new
sale of the property, in which case his proceedings shall be in
all particulars similar to those in the original sale, and the pur-
chaser thereunder shall acquire the same right and title as pur-
chasers under the original sale, and bring the proceeds into
Court, out of which the purchaser shall be repaid the purchase
money paid by him to the Treasurer on said rejected sale, and
all taxes assessed on said real estate and paid by the Treasurer
since said sale, with interest on all such sums from time of
payment; and if the purchaser has not paid the purchase money
on the subsequent taxes, said proceeds shall be applied to the
payment of the taxes for which said property may have. been
.sold, and all subsequent taxes thereon then in arrears, with
interest on the same, according to law; and no sale made under
the provisions of this Act shall be set aside if the provisions of
the law shall appear to have been substantilaly complied with,
and the burden of proof shall be on the exceptant to show
the same to be invalid.

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 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 pur-
chaser, and such sums as may have been expended in the insur-
ance 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 expenditures, respec-
tively ; 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 provided, to notify by mail or otherwise, the pur-