1892                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                            Ch. 687

certificate of sale under his hand and seal, acknowledged
by him as a conveyance of land, which certificate shall
set forth that the property therein described was sold by
him to the purchaser, the date of the sale, the amount
for which the property was sold, the total amount of
taxes due thereon at the time of sale, together with
interest and penalties thereon and expenses incurred in
making the sale, a description of the property in
substantially the same form as the description appearing
on the collector's tax roll, a statement that the rate of
redemption is six percent per annum (except that in
Baltimore City the rate shall be six percent per annum or
such other rate as is fixed by ordinance of the city
council AND EXCEPT THAT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THE RATE
SHALL BE 6 PERCENT PER YEAR OR AT A RATE FIXED BY
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL), the time when an
action to foreclose the right of redemption may be
instituted, and that the certificate will be void unless
foreclosure proceedings are brought within two years from
the date of the certificate. If the property is
unimproved or has no street number, and the collector has
procured a description of the same from the county or
city surveyor, the county or city surveyor's description
shall be included in the certificate of sale. In Garrett
County a copy of the description as required by that
portion of § 76 relating specifically to Garrett County,
shall be included in the certificate of sale. No other
statements need be included in the certificate.

The certificate of sale shall be in substantially

the following form: "I,..........., Collector of Taxes

for the State of Maryland and the ............of......,

hereby certify that on.-......, 19..., I sold to

..........., at public auction for the sum of

.........Dollars and....... Cents, of

which.........Dollars has been paid the property in

.........described as..............and assessed to

........The property described herein is subject to

redemption. Upon redemption the holder of this
certificate will be refunded the sums paid on account of
the purchase price together with interest thereon at the
rate of six percent per annum from the date of payment to
the date of redemption (except that in Baltimore City the
rate shall be six percent per annum or such other rate as
is fixed by ordinance of the city council AND EXCEPT THAT
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THE RATE SHALL BE 6 PERCENT PER YEAR
OR AT A RATE FIXED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL),
together with all other amounts specified by Chapter 761
of the Acts of 1943, and acts amendatory thereof. The
balance due on account of the purchase price and all
taxes, together with interest and penalties thereon,
accruing subsequent to the date of sale, must be paid to
the Collector before a deed can be delivered to the
purchaser. After......... 19...., a proceeding can be

brought to foreclose all rights of redemption in the
property. This certificate will be void unless such a
proceeding is brought within two years from the date of
this certificate.