1834

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP 44.

CHAPTER 44

Passed Feb 3 1333

An act for the security of purchasers of land sold by the col
lectors for the payment of taxes in Allegany county, sub-se-
quent to the passage of an act, pasted at December session,
eighteen hundred and eighteen chapter one hundred and
eighty five, entiled, a further additional supplement to an
act, entitled, an act for the more effectual collection of the
county charges in Allegany County

Preamble

WHEREAS, it has been found by experience that through
some defect, irregularity, omission or mistake in the pro-
ceedings enjoined upon the collectors and others, by the se-
veral laws heretofore passed respecting the sale of lands in
Allegany county, for the payment of the county charges
thereon, the purchasers at such sales are made insecure in
their title to the lands sold, Therefore —

Case of purchase

&c. and due pub-

lication

Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That in all cases where purchases have been made
under the law, entitled, "an act lor the more effectual col-
lection of the county charges in Allegany county, " since the
passage of a further additional supplementary act thereto at
December session eighteen hundred and eighteen, chapter
one hundred and eighty five, and where no decisions have
been made in the County Court touching the validity of
titles thus acquired, or where suits are now pending touch-
ing the validity of such titles, if the purchasers, their heirs,
executors, administrators or assigns do and shall cause ad-
vertisements to be inserted in the newspapers published in
the town of Cumberland, and one in the city of Baltimore,
and one in the city of Washington and one on the Eastern
Shore of this State, once a week for eight successive weeks,

Title confirmed

fully describing the land and the owners name, where it is
known, and the time of purchase with the amount they have
paid for the same, the title acquired from the collector shall
be as good and available in law as if the sale had been made
by its original and real owner provided nevertheless, that if the
person or persons having such original and real title, or
whose interest in such lands, may have been sold, shall,
within two years from the date of such advertisements, pay
or tender to be paid to the purchaser or purchasers of such
lands, his, her, or their heirs, representatives or assigns, the
amount of the money paid by such purchaser or purchasers
and all taxes subsequently paid thereon and all the money
paid for advertisements in the newspapers directed in this