HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1407

the claim for taxes shall, upon the said first Wednesday in
April become an execution. He or she may seize the real and
leasehold property charged on the assessment books to the
delinquent, and any personal goods and chattels belonging to
the same, and such seizure shall become a lien on the personal
property seized from the time of seizure. He or she may
proceed to sell either from the real, leasehold or personal
property, or so much as may be necessary for his purpose at
public sale, to the highest bidder, on giving twenty days'
previous notice, in the case of real and leasehold property,
>of the time, place, and terms of sale, by advertisement inserted
in some newspaper published in the town of Hurlock, and if
there is no such paper being printed in Hurlock, then and in
: that event some newspaper published in Dorchester County,
; and in the case of personal property by giving ten days' pre-
vious notice thereof by handbills posted in four conspicuous
places therein. At the day appointed for the same, the Clerk
shall attend, and offer and sell so much of the property seized
as may be necessary to pay taxes, interest and expenses in the
case of personal property, the sale shall at once vest the title
thereto in the purchaser. In the case of real or leasehold
. estate, upon the ratification of the sale herein provided, it
shall vest the title in fee in the purchaser absolutely. In the
case of real estate, the purchaser shall pay an amount of the
purchase money sufficient to pay the taxes, interest, cost and
expenses and no more, and shall execute to the Clerk a bond or
obligation, with approved securities, to pay the balance of
such purchase money on the ratification of the sale; and the
said Clerk shall retain out of the proceeds of such sale the
amount of taxes due from such delinquent, with interest
thereon, together with all costs incurred in making the sale,
and shall pay the surplus, if any there be, to the owner thereof,
or to anyone, who shall be entitled thereto; but if the person
entitled thereto resides outside of the county or is unknown
-or cannot be found in said county, the said Clerk may pay the
said surplus into court ratifying the sale with a detailed
statement showing such surplus, and the said court may dis-
pose of the same.

26. Whenever any real estate shall be sold for taxes, the
owner thereof or any person having any interest in the same,
prior to the sale, his heirs, personal representatives or assigns,
or his, her, or their agent or attorney, or any mortgage, or
other lien holders, may redeem the same by paying into the
Circuit Court for Dorchester County, within the period of
twelve months from the date of the sale, the amount of the
purchase money, with interest at the rate of fifteen per centum
per annum, from the date of the sale, and all proper costs in-