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SEC. 5. The said Treasurer, at the time fixed in the ad-
vertisement of tax sale hereinabove referred to, shall attend
at the door of the Municipal Building in the town of Hyatts-
ville, and offer for sale all real estate so advertised to the
highest bidder, commencing with the first piece of real estate
listed in said advertisement and continuing to conduct said
sale until all of the real estate so advertised shall have been
offered for sale. Said sale shall commence at ten o'clock A.
M. on the first Monday in April of each year and continue
until three o'clock P. M., from day to day, Sundays and
legal holidays excepted, until all the real estate so advertised
to be sold shall have been offered for sale.

SEC. 6. No piece of real estate offered at tax sale by said
Treasurer shall be sold for less than the, total of the taxes,
interest, penalties and costs of sale for which it is liable. If

such a bid for the same be not made, it shall be considered
and recorded as sold to the Mayor and Common Council of
Hyattsville for the total amount thereof. In such case, it
shall remain on the assessment books of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Hyattsville and be taxed as other property
thereon, but not re-sold at the succeeding annual tax and/or
assessment sales. A report of all sales made by the said
Treasurer, and final ratification thereof, shall be made and

had as herein provided.

SEC. 7. Any real estate sold under the provisions of this
Act may be redeemed within two years after the published
date of the sale thereof by the payment of the total amount
of the taxes and assessments, interest, penalties and costs for
which the same was sold, interest at twelve per centum per
annum on the amount of such sale from the date of sale, as
published, to the time of redemption, and all subsequent taxes
and/or assessments, interest, penalties and costs which shall
have accrued thereon.

SEC. 8. The sales of all real estate made by the said
Treasurer for taxes and special assessments so due and unpaid
to the said Mayor and Common Council shall be reported
by him, under a general oath as to their fairness, to the Cir-
cuit Court for Prince George's County, sitting in equity.
Said sales shall be listed in separate paragraphs and num-
bered. The Clerk of said Court, upon receiving said re-