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ance of any such order, to file an appeal from said order to a Court of
competent jurisdiction in the county where said premises are located, nam-
ing the Insurance Commissioner as defendant, and the entry of any such
appeal shall operate as a stay of said order. It shall be the duty of the
Court to which such appeal is taken, to forthwith hear and determine
the same, and to affirm or reverse the order from which said appeal is
taken, and such decision shall be final and not subject to further appeal.

1935, ch. 470. sec. 56F.

76. Any owner or occupant of any building or premises served with
a copy of such order in the manner above provided, who shall fail to
comply with such order within thirty days from the date of issuance
thereof, or within thirty days after any appeal from such order has been
affirmed by the Court, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon con-
viction, be subject to a fine at the rate of ten dollars per day for each day's
neglect to comply with said order, or imprisonment for not less than ten
days or more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

1935, ch. 470, sec. 56G.

77. In the event any owner or occupant of any building or premises
served with a copy of such order in the manner above provided, shall fail
to comply with such order within the time specified in the preceding sec-
tion, the Insurance Commissioner and his duly authorized deputies may,
and they are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and upon the
premises affected by such order and to cause the said building, structure,
or premises to be repaired, torn down, demolished, materials removed and
all dangerous conditions to be remedied, as the case may be, at the expense
of the owner or occupant, and if such person shall fail or neglect to repay
the Commission the expense thereby incurred by him, within thirty days
after written demand shall have been mailed to the said owner or occupant
at his last known post office address, the Commissioner is hereby authorized
to bring suit in the name of the State to recover such expenses, with in-
terest, in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

1935, ch. 470, sec. 56H.

78. No regulation, adopted by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant
to the provisions of this sub-title, shall be applicable in any county, mu-
nicipal or public corporation, special district or political sub-division
of the State now or hereafter having duly adopted laws, ordinances or
regulations covering the same subject matter dealt with in any regulation
so adopted by the Commissioner.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 57. 1922, ch. 492, sec. 56. 1937, ch. 279.

79. (Examination of Persons and Premises.) The Commissioner and
his deputy shall have power to subpoena witnesses, and to compel their
attendance before him or them to testify in relation to any matter which
is, by the provision of this Article, a subject of inquiry and investigation by
the Commissioner or deputy, and shall also have power to cause to be
produced before him or them such papers as he or they may require in
making such examination. The Commissioner and deputy shall be and
they are hereby authorized to administer oaths and affirmations to persons