HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 937

(d) The State of Maryland may be made a party de-
fendant in any action to foreclose the right of redemption.

It shall not be necessary to name as defendant any other
person having or claiming to have any right, title, interest,
claim, lien or equity of redemption in and to the property
sold by the Collector. Any or all of such persons may be
included as defendants b; y the designation "all persons
having or claiming to have any interest in property..................

..................... _........................ _........................... -., (. giving a description of the

property in substantially the same form as the description
which appears on the City Collector's tax roll). " Any or
all such persons may be designated throughout the pro-
ceeding by the above designation and the cause may pro-
ceed against them by publication under order of court as
hereinafter provided.

Section 62G. Unknown Owner. Any unknown owner
of the property shall be included as party defendant by
the following designation: "Unknown owner of property
........................... „........................... _......... „.......... „..................... _....., (giving a de-
scription of the property in substantially the same form
as the description which appears on the Collector's tax
roll), his heirs, devisees, and personal representatives and
their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administra-
tors, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title and
interest", and any such unknown owner shall be so desig-
nated throughout the proceeding, and the cause shall pro-
ceed against him by publication under order of the court
as hereinafter provided. Any person whose interest in
the property cannot be ascertained from a search of the
Land Records of Baltimore City of the records of the Reg-
ister of Wills of Baltimore City or of the records of any
court of law or equity of the City of Baltimore shall be
deemed to be included in the aforesaid classification of
unknown owner. Any known owner may be joined as
defendant with any unknown owner.

Section 62H. Affidavit of Search. Every bill of com-
plaint to foreclose the right of redemption filed against an
unknown owner as hereinbefore provided shall have at-
tached thereto an affidavit by the person making the search
that the owner or owners of the property or a part thereof
are unknown, although a complete search of the records
as aforesaid, for a period of at least forty years immedi-
ately prior to the institution of the suit, has been made.

Section 62-1. Service of Notice. Upon the filing of the
bill of complaint, the court shall issue its subpoena for all
parties defendant named in the said bill and upon such
bill the same process by summons, notice or otherwise shall