154 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 61

No piece of real estate offered at tax sale by said Treas-
urer shall be sold for less than the total of the taxes, in-
terest, penalties and costs of sale for which it is liable. If
such a bid for the same be not made, it shall be consid-
ered recorded as sold to the District Heights Commission
for the total amount thereof. In such case, it shall remain
on the assessment books of the District Heights Commis-
sion and be taxed as other property thereon, but not re-
sold at the succeeding annual tax sales. A report of all
sales made by the said Treasurer, and final ratification
thereof, shall be made and had as herein provided.

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 payment of the total amount of
the taxes and assessments, interest, penalties and costs for
which the same was sold, interest at ten 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, interest, penalties and costs which shall have ac-
crued thereon.

The sales of all real estate made by the said Treasurer
for taxes so due and unpaid to the said Town of District
Heights shall be reported by him; under a general oath as
to their fairness to the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County, sitting in equity. Said sales shall be listed in sep-
arate paragraphs and numbered. The Clerk of said Court,
upon receiving said report, shall docket a suit on the equity
docket of said Court in the name of the "Treasurer of the
Town of District Heights" as plaintiff, against all of the
persons or corporations named in said report of sales, as
defendants.

The Circuit Court for Prince George's County is hereby
vested with full and complete jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine suits docketed upon said Treasurer's report as pro-
ceedings 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 per-
sons or corporations 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 publi-
cation. 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