1350 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 651

The sales of all real estate made by the said Town Treasurer
for taxes so due and unpaid to the said Town of Fairmount
Heights 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 sepa-
rate paragraphs. The Clerk of said Court, upon receiving said
report, shall docket a suit in the equity docket of said Court in
the name of the "Town Treasurer of Fairmount Heights", as
plaintiff, against each 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 Town-Treasurer's report as pro
ceedings in rem as fully and completely as it can hear and
determine equity suits within its general jurisdiction.

The said Town-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-
cation shall be drawn and published in accordance with the
provisions of the Laws of Maryland authorizing service of pro-
cess 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 expired, the
Court shall proceed to hear, and determine all questions raised
as to the 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 Town-
Treasurer in making such tax sale or sales and reporting the
same to the Court shall be deemed to be sufficient 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 Maryland,
but such appeal shall apply only to the real estate of the par-
ties appealing, the decree or decrees rendered in said cause
otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

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

Whenever the Court shall set aside any sale for taxes so re-
ported, the taxes, interest 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 Town-
Treasurer at the next annual tax sale.