454 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 108

deed in fee simple thereof. But the owner or owners of any
parcel of real estate forfeited, or forfeited and sold, as herein-
before provided, may, at any time prior to the actual payment
of the purchase money for such parcel of real estate by the pur-
chaser, pay to said County Treasurer, for the time being, the
total of all taxes, interest, penalties and costs of sale due and
accrued to date on account of, upon and against such parcel of
real estate, including such tax or taxes, interest and penalties
as would have been levied upon it had it remained on said
county assessment books, and thereupon such forfeiture or for-
feiture and sale shall cease to be of any force and effect and
become null and void; and such owner or owners shall become
revested of his, her or their former right, title, claim, interest
and demand at law or in equity of, in and to such parcel of
real estate. The right of redemption hereby given shall apply
to any and all forfeitures and forfeitures and sales of real es-
tate, whether heretofore occurred or hereafter to occur, and
any and all such redemptions heretofore made are hereby rati-
fied and confirmed; and whenever said County Treasurer, act-
ing under a formal order in writing of said County Commis-
sioners, has heretofore received and receipted for the taxes, in-
terest, penalties and costs due upon any piece or parcel of
ground heretofore sold to the County Commissioners, for want
of a satisfactory bid, the forfeiture of said property shall there-
upon cease as fully as if said property had not been so sold to
the said County Commissioners. Upon such redemption said
County Treasurer, for the time being, shall enter upon the
proper books of his office and upon the report of sale relating
to such parcel of real estate redeemed, the date and fact of
such redemption. Said County Commissioners of Prince
George's County are also authorized to refund to any delin-
quent taxpayer or taxpayers the residue of the proceeds of sale
of his, her or their parcel of real estate heretofore or hereafter
forfeited and sold by them as aforesaid, after deducting there-
from taxes, interest, penalties and costs of sale due and ac-
crued on account of, upon and against such parcel at the time
of the sale thereof by them. The County Commissioners of

Prince George's County are further authorized to sell at pub-
lic or private sale for such sum as they may deem advisable
any and all parcels of real estate heretofore forfeited and of-
fered for sale under the provision of Sections 116G and 116H
of this article and either not sold, or sold for which the pur-
chaser or purchasers thereof, if any, have failed to pay the
purchase money; and upon payment of the whole purchase