MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1411

heading "Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption by Equity Suits,"
providing generally the procedure by which the holder of a cer-
tificate of sale on property purchased under the provisions of the
subtitle "Tax Sales" of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land may file a bill in equity to foreclose all rights of redemption of
the property and changing the times when such bill may be filed
BY BALTIMORE CITY in Baltimore City.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 100 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle
"Tax Sales," subheading "Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption by
Equity Suits," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

100.

The holder of any certificate of sale, his heirs or assigns, may at
any time after the expiration of one year and a day from the date of
sale, BY BALTIMORE CITY or after six months from the date of
sale in Baltimore City, file a bill in equity to foreclose all rights of
redemption of the property to which such certificate relates, as here-
inafter provided. The right to redeem shall, nevertheless, exist and
continue until finally barred by decree of the court of equity in which
the foreclosure proceeding is filed. Unless a proceeding to foreclose
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 of his
predecessors thereof, in and to the property sold shall cease and all
money received by the collector 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. However, in Baltimore City, where any
building or structure is sold and purchased pursuant to the provi-
sions of the subtitle "Tax Sales" of this Article, and the [building
inspection engineer of Baltimore City] Chief, Housing Inspection
Section Neighborhood Rehabilitation Division COMMISSIONER of
the Department of Housing and Community Development of Balti-
more City, or the successor in this office from time to time as the
case may be, shall certify that the particular building or structure
involved requires, or within six months [a year and a day] shall
require, substantial repairs to comply with the Baltimore City Build-
ing Code, then, and in that event, the holder of any certificate of
sale, his heirs or assigns, may at any time after the expiration of
sixty days from the date of sale, file a bill in equity to foreclose all
rights of redemption of the property to which such certificate re-
lates; provided, that in any such case the aforementioned certificate
of the [building inspection engineer] Chief, Housing Inspection Sec-
tion Neighborhood Rehabilitation Division COMMISSIONER of the