378 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 348

termine suits docketed upon said Town-Treasurer's report as
proceedings in rem as fully and completely as it can hear and
determine equity suits within its general jurisdiction.

The said Town-Treasurer's report of sales shall be con-
sidered and treated by the Court as if it were a bill in equity.
Upon the filing of said report the said Court, through its
Clerk, shall issue an order of publication against each of the
persons or corporations named in said report, which order of
publication shall be drawn and published in accordance with
the provisions of the Laws of Maryland authorizing service of
process upon non-resident defendants by publication. Upon
it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that said order
of publication has been duly published and that the time fixed
by law for the defendants to appear and answer has expired,
the Court shall proceed to hear, and determine all questions
raised as to the said tax sale or sales and shall enter such
decree or decrees as the nature of the case may require. A
substantial compliance with the provisions of this Act by the
said Town-Treasurer in making such tax sale or sales and
reporting the same to the Court shall be deemed to be suffi-
cient compliance therewith.

An appeal from a final decree of said Court may be taken by
any party having an interest in any piece of real estate de-
scribed in said report, to the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
but such appeal shall apply only to the real estate of the
parties appealing, the decree or decrees rendered in said cause
otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Said appeals shall be taken and perfected as now required
by law.

Whenever the Court shall set aside any sale for taxes so
reported, the taxes, interest and penalties, accrued against
each separate piece of real estate in reference to which said
sale has been set aside, shall remain a lien upon said real
estate and, unless paid, shall be advertised for sale by the said
Town-Treasurer at the next annual tax sale.

(3) The Mayor and Common Council of Fairmount Heights
shall pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County, upon the filing of any report of tax sales, a fee of five
dollars in full payment of the costs of the said Clerk in such
cause.

Within thirty (30) days after any such tax sales, the said
Town-Treasurer shall deliver to the purchaser or purchasers
(except the Town of Fairmount Heights) of any real estate
sold by him at such tax sales, a certificate which shall set
forth the name or names of the owner or owners of the real
estate so sold; a description of said real estate; the name or
names of the purchaser or purchasers; the amount of the pur-
chase price; and that said real estate may be redeemed within