ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1003
the date of sale, to which list, shall be appended a notice that if
the said tax or taxes are not paid on or before the second Mon-
day in April next ensuing, together with the interest accrued
thereon and a proportionate cost of advertising and fees he
will proceed at ten o'clock A. M. on said second Monday of April
in said town to offer each and every of said parcels of land for
sale to the highest bidder for cash, which said list and notice
shall be published for four successive weeks prior to the first
Monday in March and on the second Monday in April the Town
Treasurer shall, at the hour and place named in said advertise-
ment proceed to sell any and all such pieces or parcels of land
and premises beginning with first on the list and so on in order
upon which taxes, interest, costs and fees shall not have been
paid.
SEC. 12-C. The said Treasurer shall within thirty days after
the close of such sale make a full report thereof to the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County setting forth his proceeds in
detail which sale shall be ratified by the Court as is now pro-
vided by law as in the case of County tax sales.
SEC. 12-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 twenty-four calendar months from the date
of such sale the amount of the purchase money, all subsequent
taxes paid by the purchaser, and all Court costs, with interest
thereon, at the rate of twelve per centum per annum from date
of sale, and the date of the payment of such taxes, and costs re-
spectively. After the expiration of said period of twenty-four
months provided the property has not been redeemed and the
sale finally ratified and confirmed by the Court the Town Treas-
urer then in office shall, at the expense of the purchaser by a
good and sufficient deed executed and acknowledged according
to law convey to the purchaser or purchasers the parcel or par-
cels of land sold by them respectively; and the deed of the suc-
cessor in office of the Treasurer who made the sale shall be valid
in law as though it had been executed and delivered by the said
last named Treasurer.
SEC. 12-E. The Commissioners of Boulevard Heights may
purchase in their discretion and property for sale for the pay-
ment of taxes, provided they shall not bid a sum greater approxi-
mately than the taxes in arrears on said property and the inter-
est and expenses of sale and costs and may sell and convey or
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