1200 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 596

to be regular and the provisions of the law in relation thereto
have been complied with, shall order notice be given by adver-
tisement 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 such 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 ; but, if in the judgment 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 or properly, in which case
the said 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 purchase money paid to the
Treasurer on said rejected 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 payment; 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 excep-
tant to show the same to be invalid ; and for the purpose of
making a just distribution of the proceeds of any sale rati-
fied and confirmed, the said Court may pass all such orders
as may be just and equitable; and shall have as full and com-
plete jurisdiction as though it were sitting as a Court of
Equity.

610-D. Whenever real estate shall be sold by the Town
Treasurer, the owner thereof prior to the sale, may redeem
same by paying into said Court to be paid to the purchaser
thereof within the period of twelve calendar months from the
date of such sale the amount of the purcha.se money, all subse-
quent taxes paid by the purchaser, and all Court costs, with
interest thereon, at the rate of fifteen per centum per annum
from date of sale, and the date of the payment of such taxes
and costs respectively. After the expiration of said period of
twelve calendar months, provided the property has not been
redeemed and the sale finally ratified and confirmed by the
Court, the Town Treasurer then in office shall, at the expense