156 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 61

same was sold; a description of the real estate; the pur-
chase price; the fact that the same has not been redeemed
within the time limited by this Act; that the sale thereof
has been ratified by the Court; and that said Deed, under
the provisions of this Act, vests a fee simple title in the
purchaser or purchasers of said real estate, their heirs
or assigns.

Upon the redemption of any real estate sold for taxes
under the provisions of this Act, the said Treasurer shall
collect, and pay to the purchaser or purchasers thereof,
interest on the purchase price at the rate of ten per centum
per annum accruing between the date of any such sale and
the date of such redemption.

Upon the demand of any owner or owners of real estate
so sold for taxes the said Treasurer shall pay to him or
them the difference between the amount of the purchase
price of any piece or pieces of real estate so sold at tax sale
and the taxes, interest, penalties and costs, and all accrued
taxes, interest, penalties and costs on said real estate, due
and payable to the said District Heights Commission.

Taxes on personal property shall be collected as is now
provided by law for the collection of such taxes due Prince
George's County.

Whenever any real estate shall have been bought in, as
herein provided, by the District Heights Commission, at
any tax sale made under the provisions of this Act, and the
same shall not have been redeemed within the time pro-
vided for the redemption thereof, and not set aside by the
Court for defects in the levying of such taxes, the said
District Heights Commission, as an additional and cumu-
lative means of enforcing the payment of taxes, interests,
penalties and costs against real estate, which have accrued,
or which shall thereafter accrue, and in no wise in deroga-
tion of the remedy hereby given may, within six (6)
months after the time of redemption has expired, file a
plenary proceeding in equity in the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County, Maryland, to reaffirm and finally estab-
lish a lien upon said respective pieces of real estate so sold
to it, for the taxes, interest, penalties and costs so assessed
and charged against the same, and to obtain a decree for the
enforcement thereof. The owner or owners of each piece of
real estate upon which such taxes, interest, penalties and
costs are sought to be enforced shall be made parties de-
fendant in said suit, and if residents of the State of Mary-
land shall be personally served with process, and if non-
residents shall be served with process by publication, as is
provided by law.