§ 8-3. Resales of tax property.

(a) Comptroller authorized to sell.

(1) The City Comptroller may from the certified list hereinafter provided for, offer for sale any property purchased by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore at sales of property by the Director of Finance for nonpayment of taxes, at either public or private sale.

(2) If an offer be made for any such property which in the judgment of said City Comptroller shall be advantageous to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the said City Comptroller is hereby authorized to accept such offer and further authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the purchaser an all right, title, and interest deed for the property upon payment of the purchase money.

(b) Certification list of saleable properties.

(1) Provided, however, that the property so offered for sale shall be contained in a list of properties, arranged by Councilmanic District, proposed to be sold hereunder, which shall be from time to time supplied by the City Comptroller to the members of the City Council and to the President of the City Council who shall have the list of properties published in the City Council Journal.

(2) If no written objection to the sale thereof by a member of the Council is received by the President within 30 days of the publishing of the list in the Journal, he shall so certify to the Comptroller.

(c) Objection by Councilmember.

(1) Where timely objection to the sale of the properties or any of them is made, the same shall be stricken from the list prior to certification as aforesaid.

(2) In the event that a member of the City Council shall file such a written objection to the sale within 30 days of the publishing of such list, then the City Comptroller shall seek authority for such sale by ordinance of the Mayor and City Council, except in such cases where the purchaser has a title interest in the property, in which latter event no prior authorization by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council shall be required.

(d) Approval of Board of Estimates and Solicitor.

(1) And provided that all such sales shall be ratified by the Board of Estimates.

(2) And provided further, that no deed or deeds shall pass under this section unless the same be approved as to form and legal sufficiency by the City Solicitor.