1326 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 761

The sales of all real estate made by the said Town Treasurer
for taxes and special assessments so due and unpaid to the said
Commissioners of Bladensburg 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. 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 the Com-
missioners of Bladensburg", as plaintiff, against each of the
persons or corporations named in said report of sales, as de-
fendants.

The Circuit Court of Prince George's County, is hereby
vested with full and complete jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine suits docketed upon said Town Treasurer's report as
proceedings 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 publication
shall be drawn and published in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Laws of Maryland authorizing service of process
upon non-resident defendants by publication. Upon it appear-
ing to the satisfaction of the Court that said order of publica-
tion 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
said tax and/or assessment sale or sales and shall enter such
decree or decrees as the nature of the case may require. A sub-
stantial compliance with the provision of this Act by the said
Town Treasurer in making such tax and/or assessment 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 de-
scribed in said report, to the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
l3ut such appeal shall apply only to the real estate of the
parties 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 and/or
assessments so reported, the taxes and assessments, 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