1416 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 560

The Board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provi-
sions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Act. Meet-
ings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman, and
at such other times as the Board may determine. Such Chair-
man, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer
oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings
of the Board shall be open to the public. The Board shall
keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each mem-
ber upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indi-
cating such fact, and it shall keep records of its examinations
and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately
filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall be a public
record.

Appeals to the Board of Adjustment may be taken by any
person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bu-
reau of the City of Cumberland affected by any decision of
the administrative officer. Such appeal shall be taken within
a reasonable time as provided by the rules of the Board by
filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with
the Board of Adjustment a notice of appeal in writing speci-
fying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal
is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Board all the papers
constituting the record upon which the action appealed from
was taken.

An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action
appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is
taken certifies to the Board of Adjustment after the notice of
appeal shall have been filed with him that by reason of facts
stated in the certificate a stay would in his opinion cause
imminent peril to life or property. In such cases proceedings
shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which
may be granted by the Board of Adjustment, or by the Cir-
cuit Court for Allegany County on application on notice to
the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause
shown.

The Board of Adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for
the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof, as well
as due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same
within a reasonable time. At the hearing any person may
appear in person or by agent or by attorney.

The Board of Adjustment shall have the following powers:

(a) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there
is error in any order, requirement, decision or determination