ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  553

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 establish 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 en-
forced, shall be made parties defendant in said suit, and, if
residents of the State of Maryland, shall be personally served
with process, and if non-residents, shall be served with pro-
cess by publication, as is provided by law.

The said court is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine such causes, establish such liens and decree the enforce-
ment thereof. If said court shall determine that said taxes were
legally levied or made by said Mayor and Town Council, any
defect or irregularity in the tax sale or in the proceeding upon
the report thereof, shall not be a defense to any of such suits.
All such decrees shall be enforced in the same manner as
decrees of said court are authorized to be enforced by law.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That all citizens of
the age of twenty-one years or over who shall have resided
within the limits of said town not less than one year next
preceding any regular town election and who are registered
voters of the said Town of Cheverly, shall be entitled to vote
at any election held in said town under the provisions of this
or any other Act requiring an election to be held in said town
for any town purpose whatsoever.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That if, within thirty
days from the date of passage of any town ordinance, a petition
protesting against said ordinance, signed by not less than one-
half as many qualified voters as voted at the last general elec-
tion, shall be filed with the Mayor and Town Council, such
ordinance shall be immediately suspended, and the Mayor
and Town Council shall reconsider it, and if it be not repealed,
the Mayor and Town Council shall submit it to a vote of the
duly qualified voters of said town at the next election, pro-
vided, however, that if the next election shall occur more than
ninety days after the date of passage of said ordinance, the
Mayor and Town Council shall call a special election for the
purpose of deciding whether said ordinance shall or shall not