HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 97
CHAPTER 122.

(Senate Bill 74)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 90
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Tax
Sales", providing that no final decree of the Court fore-
closing the right of redemption by the property owner shall
ba entered in Prince George's County and Charles County,
prior to three years from the date of sale.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 90 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-
title "Tax Sales", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

90. (Proceeding to Foreclose Right of Redemption—Must
Be Brought Within Two Years. ) The holder of any certificate
of sale, his heirs or assigns, may at any time after the expira-
tion of one year and a day from the date of sale, file a bill in
equity to foreclose all rights of redemption of the property
to which such certificate relates, as hereinafter provided. The
right to redeem shall, nevertheless, exist and continue until
finally barred by the decree of the court of equity in which
the foreclosure proceeding is filed. Unless a proceeding to fore-
close the right of redemption is filed within two years of the
date of the certificate of sale, the said certificate shall be void
and any and all right, title and interest of the holder of the
certificate of sale or his predecessors thereof, in and to the
property sold shall cease and all money received by the Col-
lector on account of the said sale shall be deemed forfeited,
and shall be applied by the Collector on the taxes in arrears
on said property; provided, however, that in Prince George's
and Charles Counties no final decree of the Court foreclosing
the right of redemption by the property owner shall be entered
prior to three years from the date of sale.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved February 28, 1945.