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as provided by law, shall pass the title thereto as effectually
as if the same had been assessed to the real owner thereof at
the time of the sale, who shall, for all purposes be considered
the party indebted.

36. When the time for redeeming the property shall have
expired and the same has not been redeemed, the said clerk
shall, by a good and sufficient deed, executed and acknowl-
edged according to law, convey the property sold, if the pur-
chase money has been paid, and if the court has finally ratified
such sale, unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof, their heirs
or assigns; and if the clerk of the Circuit Court, in whose
office the same may be recorded shall index it, not only in the
name of the grantor and grantee but also in the name or
names of and as from the former owner or owners to the
grantee.

37. The Mayor and Council of Hurlock are hereby author-
ized and empowered in their discretion, to purchase any prop-
erty offered for sale for the payment of taxes, provided they
shall not bid a sum greater approximately than the taxes in
arrears upon said property, and the interest and expenses
of sale and all costs of reporting such sale, and to sell and
convey or lease the same, as in the judgment and discretion
Shall be deemed best for the interests of the Mayor and Coun-
cil of Hurlock.

38. The Mayor and Council of Hurlock shall have power to
cause an assessment to be made of all property; real, personal
and otherwise within said town, and securities, liable to State
and County taxes, and for said assessment, said Mayor and
Council of Hurlock shall accept the value placed by the State
and County assessment and by the State Tax Assessment upon
the said respective classes of property within the said town,
and shall cause a comparison of the said town's assessment
books with the State and County Assessment books between
the 15th and 31st day of May in the year 1942, and between
May 15th and May 31st of each year thereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on the second Tuesday of May, 1942, at 12 o'clock noon.

Approved May 26, 1941.

CHAPTER 802.
(House Bill 771)

AN ACT to add a new section to the Code of Public Local
Laws of Montgomery County (1939 Edition—being Article