288 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 173

port, shall docket a suit in the equity docket of said Court
in the name of the "Treasurer of the Mayor and Common

Council of Hyattsville, " as plaintiff, against each of the per-
sons or corporations named in said report of sales, as de-
fendants.

SEC. 9. The Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
is hereby vested with full and complete jurisdiction to hear
and determine suits docketed upon said Treasurer's report
as proceedings in rem as fully and completely as it can hear
and determine equity suits within its general jurisdiction.

The said treasurer's report of sales shall be considered and
treated by the Court as if it were a bill in equity. Upon the
filing of said report the said Court, through its Clerk, shall
issue an order of publication against each of the persons or cor-
porations named in said report, which order of publication shall
be drawn and published in accordance with the provisions.
of the Laws of Maryland authorizing service of process upon
non-resident defendants by publication. Upon it appearing
to the satisfaction of the Court that said order of publication
has been duly published and that the time fixed by law for
the defendants to appear and answer has expired, the Court
shall proceed to hear and determine all questions raised as
to said tax and/or assessment sale or sales and shall enter
such decree or decrees as the nature of the case may require.
A substantial compliance with the provisions of this Act by
the said Treasurer in making such tax and/or assessment
sale or sales and reporting the same to the Court shall be
deemed to be a sufficient compliance therewith.

SEC. 10. An appeal from a final decree of said Court
may be taken by any party having an interest in any piece of
real estate described in said report, to the Court of Appeals
of Maryland, but such appeal shall apply only to the real
estate of the parties appealing, the decree or decrees rendered
in said cause otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Said appeals shall be taken and perfected as now required
by law.

SEC. 11. Whenever the Court shall set aside any sale for
taxes and/or assessments so reported, the taxes and assess-
ments, interest and penalties accrued against each separate
piece of real estate in reference to which said sale has been set
aside, shall remain a lien upon said real estate and, unless