504                          LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 190

257C. The Circuit Court for Prince George's County is
hereby vested with full and complete jurisdiction to hear and
determine suits docketed upon said Clerk-Treasurer's report as
proceedings in rem as fully and completely as it can hear and
determine equity suits within its general jurisdiction.

The said Clerk-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 persons or cor-
portions 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 publication. 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 defend-
ants to appear and answer has expired, the Court shall proceed
to hear and determine all questions raised as to said tax and/or
assessment sale or sales and shall enter such decree or decrees
as the nature of the case may require. A substantial compli-
ance with the provisions of this Act by the said Clerk-Treasurer
in making such tax and/or assessment sale or sales and report-
ing the same to the Court shall be deemed to be a sufficient
compliance therewith.

257D. 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 rendered in said cause other-
wise to remain in full force and effect.

Said appeals shall be taken and perfected as now required
by law.

257E. Whenever the Court shall set aside any sale for taxes
and/or assessments so reported, the taxes and assessments, in-
terest 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 Clerk-Treasurer at the next
annual tax and/or assessment sale.

257F. The Mayor and Council shall pay to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, upon the filing