936 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 540

rights of redemption and to foreclose all prior or subse-
quent alienations and descents of the property and all
encumbrances thereon, except taxes and other municipal
liens arising subsequent to the date of sale, and to decree
an absolute and indefeasible estate in fee simple or lease-
hold, as the case may be, to be vested in the holder of the
certificate of sale

Section 62E. Form of Bill of Complaint. The proceed-
ings shall be begun by filing in one of the courts of equity
of the City of Baltimore a bill of complaint in substan-
tially the same form as bills of complaint in other proceed-
ings in the equity courts, setting forth (a) the fact of
the issuance of the certificate of sale, (b) a description of
the property in substantially the same form as the descrip-
tion appearing on the Collector's tax roll, (c) the fact that
the property has not been redeemed by any party in inter-
est, although more than one year and a day from the date
of sale has expired, (d) a prayer for process directed to the
defendants named in the bill of complaint, (e) a prayer for
an order of publication directed to all parties in interest
in the property, and (f) a prayer that the court pass a
final decree foreclosing all rights of redemption of the
defendants in and to the property. The bill of complaint
shall also contain the amount necessary for redemption.
The certificate of sale issued by the Collector to the pur-
chaser shall be attached to the bill of complaint and shall
be made part thereof. Either the original certificate of sale
or a copy thereof may be used.

Section 62F. Parties. The plaintiff in any proceeding
to foreclose the right of redemption shall be the holder of
the certificate of sale. The defendants in any such pro-
ceeding shall be the following:

(a) The owner of the property whose interest can be
ascertained from a search of the Land Records of Balti-
more City, of the records of the Register of Wills of Balti-
more City and of the records of any court of law or equity
of the City of Baltimore.

(b) If the property be subject to a ground rent, the
parties defendant shall be the owner of the fee simple title
and the owner of the leasehold title whose interest can be
ascertained from a search of the Land Records of Balti-
more City, of the records of the Register of Wills of Balti-
more City and of the records of any court of law or equity
of the City of Baltimore.

(c) Any mortgagee of the property or his assignee of
record, named as such in any unreleased mortgage recorded
among the Land Records of Baltimore City.