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and answer has expired, the Court shall proceed to hear
and determine all questions raised as to said tax 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 sale or sales, and reporting the same to the Court,
shall be deemed to be a sufficient compliance therewith.

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 ren-
dered in said cause otherwise to remain in full force and
effect.

Whenever the Court shall set aside any sale for taxes so
reported, the taxes, 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 paid, shall be advertised for sale
by the said Treasurer at the next annual tax sale.

The Treasurer of the Town of District Heights shall pay
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County, upon the filing of any report of tax sales, a fee of
Fifteen Dollars ($15. 00), in full payment of the costs of
the said Clerk in such cause.

Within thirty days after any such tax sale, the said
Treasurer shall deliver to the purchaser or purchasers,
(except the District Heights Commission), of any real
estate sold by him at such tax sales, a certificate, which
shall set forth the name or names of the owner or owners
of the real estate so sold; a description of said real estate,
the name or names of the purchaser or purchasers; the
amount of the purchase price; and that said real estate may
be redeemed within two years from the date of sale upon
the payment, to the said Treasurer, of amount of sale, to-
gether with interest at the rate of ten per centum per an-
num on said purchase price.

The Treasurer of the Town of District Heights is here-
by authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the
purchaser or purchasers, (except the District Heights
Commission), of any real estate so sold for taxes and not
set aside by the Court, a Deed f or the real estate so sold and
not redeemed within the time herein limited. Said Deed
shall vest in the purchaser or purchasers of any piece or
pieces of real estate at any such tax sales, a fee simple
title therein. Said Deed shall recite the name or names of
the owner or owners of said real estate at the time the