1166 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 478

the property and bring the proceeds into court, out of which
the purchaser shall be repaid the purchase money paid by him
to the collector on said rejected sale, and all taxes assessed on
said real estate and paid by the purchaser since said sale and
all costs and expenses properly incurred in said court, with
interest on all such sums from the time of payment; and if the
purchaser has not paid the purchase money or the subsequent
taxes said proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the
taxes for which said real property may have been sold, and
all subsequent taxes thereon then in arrear with interest on the
same according to law and the cost of the proceedings; but
such sale shall not be set aside if the provisions of law shall
appear to have been substantially complied with; and the bur-
den of proof shall be on the except ant to show the same to be
invalid. The aforegoing provisions of this section shall not
apply to Garrett and Talbot Counties.

Where property is erroneously sold for taxes in any of the
counties of the State of Maryland through an error in de-
scription, or for any other reason, the parties purchasing said
property at tax sales shall be entitled to the same rate of
interest as if the sale was made in due and proper form, and
whenever an error is discovered at any tax sale, as aforesaid,
the county treasurer or the commissioners of any county in
which there is no treasurer shall make payment to the pur-
chaser of the property sold at said tax sale upon his transfer-
ring to them his certificate of purchase at such sale from any
funds in their hands.

SEC. 2. And he it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 478.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 51
of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Wicomico County, " sub-title "Foxes, " as said section

was amended by Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1908, providing
that this section shall not apply to landowners killing foxes
on their own property and changing the penalty for the
violation of said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 51 of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local