1352 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 651

Whenever any real estate shall have been bought in, as
herein provided, by the Town of Fairmount Heights, at any
tax 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, the said Treasurer of
Fairmount Heights, as an additional and cumulative means
of enforcing the payment of taxes, 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, 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 the town for the taxes, interest, penal-
ties and costs so 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, pen-
alties and costs are sought to be enforced, shall be made par-
ties defendant in said suits, and if residents of the State of
Maryland shall be personally served with process, by publica-
tion, as is provided by law in other equity cases.

The said Court is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and
determine such causes, establish such liens and decree the en-
forcement thereof. If said Court shall determine that said
taxes were legally levied or made by said Mayor and Common
Council of Fairmount Heights, any defect or irregularity in
the tax sale or in the proceeding upon the report thereof shall
not be a defense to any such suits; all such decrees shall be
enforced by the sale of the real estate through a trustee ap-
pointed by the Court in the same manner as decrees of said
Court are authorized to be enforced by law. From the pro-
ceeds of the sale there shall be paid the proper costs and ex-
penses of such Court proceedings and sale; second, all Town,
Sanitary Commission, Park and Planning Commission, County
and State taxes and assessments with interest, penalties and
costs, and the balance, if any, paid to the owner or owners of
record or to a mortgagee or lienholder thereon, as their interest
may appear. If the proceeds of sale of any piece of real estate
should be insufficient to pay in full the Town, Sanitary Com-
mission, Park and Planning Commission, County and State
taxes and assessments against the same, then such balance of
proceeds shall be pro-rated between the Town, Sanitary Com-
mission, Park and Planning Commission, County and State,
in proportion to the amount due at the time of distribution to
each of such jurisdictions on such pieces of real estate. Such
payment shall constitute a full satisfaction of all such taxes