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highest bidder for cash. All land so sold may be redeemed by
the owner thereof, or his assigns, within two years after date
of said sale, by paying the amount of taxes and all interests
and penalties thereon and the costs of such sale. In the event
of non-redemption of the same, as herein provided, the Mayor
and Common Council of Riverdale shall deliver to the pur-
chaser thereof a deed to the said land so sold, and the said
deed so given shall be presumptive evidence that all of the
requirements of the law have been complied with in making
such sale. All assessments duly levied shall be a first lien
upon the land against which they are assessed. Nothing herein
contained shall be held or construed to authorize the Mayor

and Common Council of Riverdale to levy the assessments in
this section mentioned unless and until the petition signed by
the necessary percentage of abutting property owners shall
have been duly filed with the Mayor and Common Council.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. That this is an emergency
law and necessary for the immediate preservation of the pub-
lic health and safety and shall take effect from and after its
passage.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 382.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 212 and 213 of Article 17 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince
George's County, " sub-title "Laurel, " as the same were
repealed and re-enacted by the Acts of Assembly of 1912,
Chapter 695, and re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 212 and 213 of Article 17 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's
County, " sub-title "Laurel, " as the same were repealed and
re-enacted by the Acts of Assembly of 1912, Chapter 695, are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Section 212. The Mayor shall biennially, on the fourth
Monday in April, accounting from the fourth Monday in