EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 911

Circuit Court for Frederick County, setting forth his pro-
ceedings in the premises in detail, and showing to whom and
at what price such several parcels were respectively sold, and
the amount of taxes and interest accrued, the pro rata of costs
and advertising such sale and all other expenses, and the sur-
plus fund in each instance; with such report he shall file a
copy of the printed list and notice of sale. The said Court
shall examine the said proceedings; and if the same appear
to be regular and the provisions of the law in relation there-
to have been complied with, shall order notice to be given by
advertisement warning all persons interested in the property
sold to be and appear in said Court by a certain day to be
named in said order, to show cause, if any they have, why
said sale should not be ratified and confirmed; and after
hearing the objections, if any, the Court in its discretion,
shall in one order ratify and confirm all sales so made, and
then entitled to be ratified and confirmed, and the purchaser
or purchasers thereof, shall, on payment of the purchase money,
have a good title to the property sold, subject only to owner's
right to redeem, as hereinafter provided; but, if in the judg-
ment of the Court, good cause be shown against the ratification
of the sale of any parcel of land or other property so sold, the
said sale shall be set aside as to such parcel of property; in
which case the said town clerk and treasurer shall within
thirty days proceed to a new sale of said property and bring
the proceeds into Court, out of which shall be paid the pur-
chase money paid to the town clerk and treasurer on said re-
jected sale, and all taxes assessed on said property since said
sale, and all costs and expenses properly incurred in said
Court, with interest on all such sums from the time of pay-
ment; but such sale shall not be set aside if the provisions of
the law appear to have been substantially complied with, and
the burden of proof shall be on the exceptant to show the same
to be invalid; and for the purpose of making a just distribu-
tion of the proceeds of any sale ratified and confirmed, the
said Court may pass all such orders as may be just and equit-
able; and shall have as full and complete jurisdiction as
though it were sitting as a Court of Equity.

Whenever real estate shall be sold by the town clerk and
treasurer, the person who was the owner thereof prior to the
sale, may redeem same within the period of twelve calendar
months from the date of such sale by paying into Court to be
paid to the purchaser thereof the amount of the purchase money,
all subsequent taxes paid by the purchaser, and all Court