942 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 540

the holder of the certificate shall be repaid the amount
paid to the Collector on account of the purchase price of
the property sold, with interest thereon at the rate of
six per cent per annum, together with all taxes and other
municipal liens accruing subsequent to the date of sale,
which were actually paid by the holder of the certificate
of sale or his predecessor therein, and all expenses prop-
erly incurred in accordance with the provisions of the
Act. The Collector shall proceed to a new sale of the
property under the provisions of this Act and shall include
in such new sale all taxes and other municipal liens which
were included in said void sale, and all unpaid taxes and
other municipal liens accruing subsequent to the date of
the sale declared void.

ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF FORECLOSURE.

Section 63. To Apply Only When Mayor and City
Council is Purchaser. Whenever the Mayor and City Coun-
cil has become the purchaser of any property in the City
of Baltimore at a tax sale, the said City is hereby empow-
ered to institute a proceeding to foreclosure the right of
redemption of such property under the provisions of the
following Sections. None of the provisions of the follow-
ing Sections shall affect the right of the said City to pro-
ceed under the other provisions of this Act, the procedure
hereinafter set forth being intended to be an alternative
procedure to be adopted at the option of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, acting through the City Comp-
troller for the time being, when the said City has become
the purchaser of property at tax sales.

Section 63A. All Provisions of Act Applicable. All of
the provisions of this Act shall apply to any proceeding
to foreclose the right of redemption brought by the City
under the provisions of the following Sections, except as
is otherwise provided in the said following sections.

Section 63B. Parties Defendant. The defendant in any
such action shall be the person whose name last appears
on the Collector's tax roll as owner of the property. Such
person shall be considered and treated as the owner of
the property for the purposes of Sections 63 to 63D inclu-
sive. If, upon the Collector's tax roll it appears that the
owner is unknown, then the property shall be proceeded
against as belonging to an unknown owner as hereinbe-
fore provided. All other persons having or claiming to
have an interest in the property, shall be included as
parties defendant by the designation "all persons having