1. The collectors of such cities not within a county shall proceed to collect the taxes contained in the back tax book or recorded list of the delinquent land and lots in the collector’s office as herein required.

2. Any person interested in or the owner of any tract of land or lot contained in the back tax book or in the recorded list of delinquent lands and lots in the collector’s office may redeem such tract of land or town lot, or any part thereof, from the state‘s or such city’s lien thereon, by paying to the proper collector the amount of the original taxes, together with interest from the date of delinquency at the rate of ten percent per annum and the costs until January 1, 1983, and beginning on January 1, 1983, at the rate of two percent per month, not to exceed eighteen percent per annum and the costs.

3. If suit shall have been commenced against any person owing taxes on any tract of land or town lot for the collection of taxes, the person desiring to redeem any such land before judgment, in addition to the original tax, interest and costs including attorney’s fee accruing under this law, shall pay to the city collector all necessary costs incurred in the court where the suit is pending, and the city collector shall account to the clerk of the court in which such suit is filed for the court costs so collected.