MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

2039

83.

The collector shall deliver to the purchaser a
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 IN IT 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] ON IT 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] 6 percent
per annum (except that in Baltimore City the rate shall
be [six] 6 percent per annum or such other rate as is
fixed by ordinance of the city council AND IN BALTIMORE
COUNTY THE RATE SHALL BE [[8]] 6 PERCENT PER ANNUM OR
SUCH OTHER RATE AS IS FIXED BY ORDINANCE 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] 6 percent per annum from the
date of payment to the date of redemption (except that in
Baltimore City the rate shall be [six] 6 percent per
annum or such other rate as is fixed by ordinance of the
city council AND IN BALTIMORE COUNTY THE RATE SHALL BE
[[8]] 6 PERCENT PER ANNUM OR WHATEVER OTHER RATE AS IS
FIXED BY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL), together with
all other amounts specified by Chapter 761 of the Acts of