EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 923

be transferred to the general money account of the city and used
for any city purpose.

Section 79. Every deed given by the collector for land sold
under this Act for taxes shall contain a statement of the name
of the owner of said land, and when recorded shall be indexed
under the name of the grantor, grantees and the said owner or
owners. The owner of any land so sold may redeem the same
at any time within one year of the date of ratification of said
sale, whether deed be given to the purchaser or not, by paying
to said purchaser or to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for use
of said purchaser the amount of the purchase money paid for
said land, together with the costs and expenses incurred by him
in the ratification of sale and of the deed and record, if any,
with fifteen per cent, interest per annum on purchase money
from day of sale, whereupon the said purchaser shall reconvey
said land to said owner at the owner's expense and request, said
land to be free of all liens or claims, except such as were
against it before said tax sale. In case said purchaser or pur-
chasers shall refuse or neglect to execute such deed, or for any
other cause fail to do so, the Circuit Court for Somerset Coun-
ty, on a petition filed in equity by said owner in the matter of
the collector's report of sale, under oath, setting out the facts
of the sale of the property and the payment of the money,
penalties and charges, as herein required, or the tender, request
and refusal thereof, may pass an order to be served on said pur-
chaser, or if he cannot be found, to be published as directed
by the court, commanding said purchaser to be and appear in
said court on some certain day to be named therein and show
cause, if any he has, why he should not reconvey said property,
and if no cause is shown as required, or an insufficient one, the
court shall pass a decree ordering that said property be recon-
veyed to the said owner and appointing a trustee to convey
same to him in the same manner and as fully as said purchaser
could do. The cost of such petition and of the proceedings
thereunder, including a reasonable fee to his solicitor in case
it is granted, shall be paid by said purchaser, and it shall be so
ordered by the court. If said purchaser shall fail to pay costs
and charges aforesaid, for the period of thirty days after de-
cree, he may be adjudged guilty of contempt of court, and shall
be confined in the county jail until he purges himself there-
from. In all cases of a sale of property for taxes the Mayor
and Council of Crisfield, or the collector for them may buy
same at a sum not to exceed the amount due for the taxes,