34 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 21

named, to show cause, if any they have, why said sale shall not
be ratified and confirmed, and if no cause or an insufficient
cause be shown against the said ratification, then said sale shall
by order of said Court be ratified and confirmed, and the pur-
chaser shall on payment of the purchase money have a good
title to the property sold.

Section 21. Whenever real estate shall be sold by a Clerk
of Federalsburg the owner thereof prior to the sale may re-
deem the same by paying into Court, to be paid to the pur-
chaser thereof within the period of twelve calendar months
from the date of such sale, the amount of the purchase money
with interest thereon at the rate of fifteen percentum per annum
from the day of sale.

Section 22. That any sale of lands by the Clerk of Fed-
eralsburg for taxes due and in arrears where the owners are
described as the heirs of a named person shall pass the title as
fully as if such heirs were each named in the proceedings by
his other proper name.

Section 23. That if the purchaser of any real estate sold
for taxes hereunder shall die without having procured a deed
from the Clerk of Federalsburg, the Clerk of Federalsburg
may convey the said real estate to the devisees or heirs of the
purchaser. And if lands shall be sold by the Clerk of Fed-
eralsburg for taxes and the said Clerk shall die, remove or
refuse to make a deed therefor, the Court ratifying such sale
may appoint a special trustee to execute such deed upon appli-
cation by the said purchaser, and may order said special trustee
to execute said deed. Whenever property in the town of Fed-
eralsburg has been sold for taxes pursuant to law by one Clerk
and such sale has been reported and the deed executed by the
successor in office of the Clerk of Federalsburg who made the
sale as aforesaid, such report and such conveyance shall be as
valid to all intents and purposes as they would have been if
made by the Clerk who made the sale, and whenever property
has been sold for taxes pursuant to law by one Clerk and such
sale has been duly reported by the Clerk who made the sale
but the deed for such property has been executed and delivered
by the successor in office of the Clerk of Federalsburg who
made such sale and report as aforesaid, such conveyance shall
be as valid to all intents and purposes as it would have been if
made by the Clerk of Federalsburg who made and reported the
sale.