1356 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 761

90S. PARTIES DEFENDANT. The defendant in any such ac-
tion shall be the person whose name last appears on the Col-
lector'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 90Q to 90U, inclusive. If, upon the Col-
lector's tax roll it appears that the owner is unknown, then
the property shall be proceeded against as belonging to an
unknown owner as hereinbefore 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 or claiming to have an interest in property
.............., (giving a description of the property in sub-
stantially the same form as the description which appears on
the Collector's tax roll)". Any or all such persons shall be so
designated throughout the proceedings by the above classifica-
tion and all such persons shall be deemed to be parties de-
fendant in the proceeding as if all the said persons were per-
sonally named in the Bill of Complaint.

90T. NOTICE. Notice and summons may be served or notice
given exclusively by publication. The order of publication
shall be in substantially the same form as heretofore provided
and as many properties as is deemed practicable by the City
may be included in the same order of publication. Publication
of such notice shall be sufficient service thereof on all persons
having or claiming to have an interest in the property and
shall be of same force and effect as if all such persons were per-
sonally served, and all of said persons are hereby required to
take notice of such proceedings and of any and all steps there-
under.

90U. FINAL DECREE. When, in any action to foreclose the
right of redemption brought by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, under Sections 90Q to 90U, inclusive, the court
shall make a final decree foreclosing all rights of redemption
in the property, the court, in its decree, shall direct the Col-
lector to prepare and execute a deed conveying title to the
property to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. Upon
the execution of such a deed the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall be vested with an absolute estate in fee simple
or a leasehold estate as the case may be, in such property, and
all persons, including the State of Maryland, infants, incom-
petents, absentees, and non-residents, who have or may have
had any right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of redemp-
tion in or upon such property shall be barred and forever fore-
closed of all such right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of
redemption.

90V. WRIT OF HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM. Any person
acquiring title to property under and pursuant to the terms