Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                      391

property), and to insure and judiciously preserve said property, but
said purchasers shall commit no acts of waste to said property.

207. The said County Treasurer shall within thirty days after
the close of such sales report the same to the Circuit Court for
Queen Anne's County, in Equity, setting forth in a brief and concise
manner his proceedings in the premises, showing to whom and at
what price such several parcels were respectively sold, the amount
of taxes and interest accrued, the pro rata cost of advertising such
sale, the County Treasurer's fees and all other charges, costs, fees,
and expenses incident to said sale and the surplus fund in each
instance with which report he shall file a certified copy of the printed
notice of sale; and he shall not be required to file with said report any
copy or certified copy of the list or published list of delinquents or
other notices, but the affidavit of the said County Treasurer as to the
due publication of the list of delinquents and the mailing and/or
delivery of notices to the delinquents shall be sufficient and prima
facie as to the performance thereof, which said affidavit shall
be APPENDED TO SAID REPORT. THE SAID COURT SHALL
EXAMINE THE SAID PROCEEDINGS, AND IF THE SAID
PROCEEDINGS APPEAR TO BE REGULAR AND THE PROVI-
SIONS OF LAW IN RELATION THERETO HAVE BEEN SUB-
STANTIALLY COMPLIED WITH, SHALL ENTER IN ONE
ORDER NISI, SIMILAR TO AND PUBLISHED IN THE SAME
MANNER AS IN THE CASE OF JUDICIAL SALES BY TRUS-
TEES, WARNING ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE PROP-
ERTY SOLD TO APPEAR ON OR BEFORE THE DAY DESIG-
NATED IN SUCH ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE SAME
SHOULD NOT BE FINALLY RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED ON
A DAY TO BE DESIGNATED IN SAID ORDER WHICH SHALL
NOT BE LESS THAN THIRTY NOR MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS
FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER. THE PURCHASER AT ANY
SUCH SALE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A PARTY IN INTER-
EST IN THE SAME MANNER AS A PURCHASER AT AN ORDI-
NARY JUDICIAL SALE. SUCH ORDER NISI SHALL BE PUB-
LISHED IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COURT SHALL DIRECT
BUT NOT LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK FOR FOUR SUCCES-
SIVE WEEKS. AFTER HEARING EXCEPTIONS, IF ANY, THE
COURT IN ITS DISCRETION SHALL IN ONE ORDER FINALLY
RATIFY AND CONFIRM ALL SALES SO MADE AND THEN
ENTITLED TO BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, AND THE
PURCHASER OR PURCHASERS OF SAID PROPERTY SHALL,
IF HAVING FULLY COMPLIED WITH THE TERMS OF SALE,
HAVE A FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO THE SAID PROPERTY; BUT
IF, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT, GOOD CAUSE BE
SHOWN AGAINST THE RATIFICATION OF THE SALE OF
ANY PARCEL OF LAND OR OTHER PROPERTY SO SOLD, THE
SAID SALE SHALL BE SET ASIDE AS TO SUCH PARCEL OR
PROPERTY, IN WHICH CASE THE SAID COUNTY TREAS-
URER SHALL, AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO, WITH-
IN THIRTY DAYS, PROCEED TO A NEW SALE OF SAID
PROPERTY, OUT OF THE RE-SALE OF WHICH SHALL BE
REFUNDED THE PURCHASE MONEY PAID TO THE COUNTY
TREASURER ON SAID REJECTED SALE, AND ALL TAXES
ASSESSED ON SAID PROPERTY SINCE SAID SALE, AND
ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES PROPERLY INCURRED IN SAID
COURT, WITH INTEREST ON ALL SUCH SUMS FROM THE