1510 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 600

16G. (Appeals.) Any institution, agency, society, indivi-
dual, or sets of individuals who may be aggrieved by the deci-
sion of any agency or local board delegated to issue licenses by
the, State Department shall have the right of appeal to the
State Department of Public Welfare.

Any institution, agency, society, individual, or sets of indi-
viduals aggrieved by any decision of the State Department in
any matter relating to the issue, revocation or suspension or a
license under this sub-title, or failure of the Department to
act in any such matter, shall have a right of appeal to the
Circuit Court of the county in which any such institution,
agency, society, individual or sets of individuals has its prin-
cipal office or residence, as the case may be, or to any court of
Baltimore City having equity jurisdiction, if such office or
residence is in Baltimore City. Such appeal must be brought
within thirty days following the action complained of. The
State Department shall be made party defendant in any such
action, and be served with due process thereof according to the
regular processes of the Court.

After hearing the evidence in the case, the Court shall render
a decision either upholding, reversing or amending the decision
of the State Department. If the Court shall find that the de-
cision of the State Department complained of is based upon a
rule or regulation promulgated by the State Department in
the administration of this sub-title, and that such rule or
regulation as applied to the particular facts in the case at
issue, is unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious, the Court may
then declare that rule or regulation to be inapplicable in the
case at bar and render its decision accordingly.

From the decision of the trial court, a further right of appeal
shall lie to the Court of Appeals, at the instance of either
party, during the time allowed and according to the general
practice for appeals in equity cases.

An appeal taken as provided in this section, either to a
trial court or to the Court of Appeals, shall operate to stay
any criminal prosecution of a licensee for operation, pending a
final decision in the case appealed from and also to suspend the
operation of any injunction for operating without a license,
pending a final disposition of such appeal. While the matter
is pending before a Court, the care, custody and control of a
minor or minors exercised by the institution, agency, society,
individual, or sets of individuals aggrieved by the decision of
the State Department, shall be in the discretion of the Court.

16H. (Registration of Placements.) Any natural person or
persons, including a husband and wife acting jointly, who are
not regularly engaged in the business of providing a foster