860 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 511

in one order nisi, similar to and published in the same
manner as in the case of judicial sales by trustees, warn-
ing all persons interested in the property sold to appear
on or before the day designated in such order to show cause
why the same should not be finally ratified and confirmed on
a day to be designated in said order, which shall not be less
than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of the
order. The purchaser at any such sale shall be deemed to
be a party in interest in the same manner as a purchaser
at an ordinary judicial sale. Such Order Nisi shall be pub-
lished in such manner as the Court shall direct but not less
than once a week for four successive weeks. After hearing
exceptions, if any, the Court in its discretion shall in one
order finally ratify and confirm all sales so made and then
entitled to be ratified and confirmed, and the purchaser or
purchasers of said property shall, if having fully complied
with the terms of sale, have a fee simple title to the said
property; but if, in the judgment of the Court, good cause
be shown against the ratification of the sale of any parcel
of land or other property so sold, the said sale shall be set
aside as to such parcel or property, in which case the said
County Treasurer shall, and he is hereby authorized to,
within thirty days, proceed to a new sale of said property,
out of the re-sale of which shall be refunded the purchase
money paid to the County Treasurer on said rejected sale,
and all taxes assessed on said property since said sale, and
all costs and expenses properly incurred in said Court, with
interest on all such sums from the time of payment, but
such sale shall not be set aside if the provisions of law
appear to have been substantially complied with, and the
burden of proof shall be on the exceptant to show the same
to be invalid; and for the purpose of making a just
distribution of the proceeds of any sale ratified and con-
firmed, the said Court may pass all such other or subse-
quent orders as may be just and equitable.

156G. When any lot, tract of land or parcel of ground in
the said County shall be sold by reason of non-payment of
the taxes due thereon, the owner, his or her heirs, or other
person or persons (including the owner of a reversionary
or remainderman's interest, mortgagee or any lienor) hav-
ing an interest in the property prior to the sale, shall have
power to redeem the same at any time within one year and
a day from the day of sale, on paying or tendering in pay-
ment to the County Treasurer the whole amount of money
received by such County Treasurer from the sale of the
lot, tract of land or parcel of ground to be redeemed and
all subsequent taxes and necessary expenses paid by the
purchaser, with a penalty of interest thereon at the rate