Person charged with
(a) The Director shall have charge of all real estate which is or shall become the property of the Virgin Islands by judgment or forfeiture under the internal revenue laws, or which has been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed by purchase or otherwise to the Virgin Islands in payment of debts or penalties arising under the laws relating to internal revenue, or which has been or shall be vested in the Virgin Islands by mortgage or other security for the payment of such debts, and of all trusts created for the use of the Virgin Islands in payment of such debts due them.
Sale
(b) The Director may, at public sale, and upon not less than 20 days' notice, sell and dispose of any real estate owned or held by the Virgin Islands as aforesaid.
Lease
(c) Until such sale, the Director may lease such real estate owned as aforesaid on such terms and for such period as the Director may deem proper.
Release to debtor
(d) In cases where real estate has or may become the property of the Virgin Islands by conveyance or otherwise, in payment of or as security for a debt arising under the laws relating to internal revenue, and such debt shall have been paid, together with the interest thereon, at the rate of 1 percent per month, to the Virgin Islands, within 2 years from the date of the acquisition of such real estate, it shall be lawful for the Director to release by deed or otherwise convey such real estate to the debtor from whom it was taken, or to his heirs or other legal representatives.