96                           LAWS OF MARYLAND.                   [CH. 60

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 and/or assessment sales, a fee simple
title therein. Said deed or deeds shall recite the name or names
of the owner or owners of said real estate at the time the same-
was sold; a description of the real estate, the purchase 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.

184H. Upon the redemption of any real estate sold for
taxes and/or assessments under the provisions of this Act, the
said treasurer shall collect and pay to the purchaser or pur-
chasers thereof interest on the purchase price at the rate of
twelve (12) per centum per annum accruing between the date
of any such sale and the date of such redemption.

1841. Upon the demand of any owner or owners of said
real estate so sold for taxes and/or assessments, the said treas-
urer 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 an9/or assessment sale, and the taxes, as-
sessments, interest, penalties and costs and all accrued taxes,
assessments, interest, penalties and costs on said real estate-
due and payable to the said Town Commissioners of La Plata
or the Town of La Plata.

184J. And be it further enacted, That whenever any real
estate shall have been bought in, as herein provided, by the
Town Commissioners of La Plata, at any tax and/or assess-
ment sale made under the provisions of this Act and the same
shall not have been redeemed within the time provided for the
redemption thereof, and not set aside by the court for defects
in the levying of such taxes or the making of such assessments,
the said Town of La Plata as an additional and cumulative
means of enforcing the payment of taxes and/or assessments,
interest, penalties and costs against real estate, which have
accrued prior to the date of this Act, or which shall thereafter
accrue, and in no wise in derogation of the remedy hereby
given may, within six months after the time of redemption has
expired, file a plenary proceeding in equity in the Circuit
Court for Charles County, Maryland, to reaffirm and finally