1556 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 542

and shall be collectable by sale at the tax sale of the ensuing
year or years.

(I) The purchaser at a tax sale shall pay forthwith to the
Treasurer the amount of taxes, penalties and costs. The
Treasurer shall sign and deliver to the purchaser a certificate
of purchase, designating the land sold and the amount paid
therefor, and stating that unless the property shall be re-
deemed within two years from the .date of the sale, a deed will
be given by the Mayor of the town. Such certificate shall be
assignable, and an assignment thereof shall vest in the assignee
all the right, title and interest of the original purchaser. The
holder of any certificate shall have the right to pay all taxes,
general or special, and assessments, including state and county
taxes as may be due or may become due, on the property de-
scribed in said certificate.

(J) Real property sold for taxes may be redeemed by the
owner, or by any person having interest in it, or lien thereon,
at any time within two years from the date of sale, by paying
to the Treasurer a fee of one dollar for a certificate of redemp-
tion, together with the amount paid for recording by the tax
purchaser at the sale with interest thereon at the rate of fifteen
per centum per annum from the day of the sale, and the amount
of all taxes, municipal, state or county, general or special, or
assessments, paid by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, with
interest, at the same rate from the date of such payment.

(K) The Treasurer shall deliver to the person making the
redemption a certificate of redemption; and shall keep in a
separate fund all moneys received by way of redemption, to be
paid, without interest, to the tax purchaser, his heirs or assigns
upon the delivery to him of their certificates of purchase.

(L) If real property sold for taxes be not redeemed within
two years from the date of sale, the Mayor shall, on presenta-
tion of the certificate of purchase, and the payment of the
amount of taxes and cost of conveyance then due, execute, in
the name of the town, and deliver a deed conveying to the pur-
chaser, his heirs or assigns, the property described in the cer-
tificate. Such deed shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate
in fee simple, free from all liens or incumbrances whatever,
except liens for state, county or municipal taxes. Such deed
shall be prima facie evidence in all courts that all the pro-
ceedings prior to its execution and delivery, including the
assessment and levy of the taxes, were regularly and validly
taken; that the land was subject to taxation; that the taxes