HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1243

sales. A report of all sales made by the said Treasurer and
final ratification thereof, shall be made and had as herein
provided.

Any real estate sold under the provisions of this Act may
be redeemed within two years after the published date of the
sale thereof by payment of the total amount of the taxes and
assessments, interest, penalties and costs for which the same
was sold, interest at ten per centum per annum on the
amount of such sale from the date of sale, as published, to
the time of redemption, and all subsequent taxes, interest,
penalties and costs which shall have accrued thereon.

The sales of all real estate made by the said Treasurer for
taxes so due and unpaid to the said Town of Hillside shall be
reported by him; under a general oath as to their fairness
to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, sitting in
equity. Said sales shall be listed in separate paragraphs and
numbered. The Clerk of said Court, upon receiving said re-
port, shall docket a suit on the equity docket of said Court
in the name of the "Treasurer of the Town of Hillside" as
plaintiff, against all of the persons or corporations named in
said report of sales, as defendants.

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

The said 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
corporations named in said report, which order of publica-
tion 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 defendants to appear and answer has ex-
pired, the Court shall proceed to hear and determine all ques-
tions 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 re-
porting the same to the Court, shall be deemed to be a suffi-
cient 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 Mary-
land, but such appeal shall apply only to the real estate of