652 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 354

CHAPTER 354.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section
359 of Article 23 of Bagby's Annotated Code of the Pub-
lic General Laws of Maryland, title "Corporations, " sub-
title "Public Service Commission. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 359 of Article 23 of Bagby's Anno-
tated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Corporations, " sub-title "Public Service Commission. " be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

Section 359. After an order has been made by the Commis-
sion, any party interested therein may apply for a rehearing
in respect to any matter determined therein, and the Com-
mission may grant and hold such a rehearing if, in its judg-
ment, sufficient reason therefor be made to appear; if a re-
hearing shall be granted, the same shall be determined by the
Commission within thirty days after the same shall be finally
submitted. Any application for such a rehearing shall not
excuse any common carrier, railroad corporation, or street
railroad corporation, or any other corporation, or company or
person, subject to any of the provisions of this sub-title, from
complying with or obeying any order, or any requirements of
any order of the Commission, or operate in any manner to
stay or postpone the enforcement thereof, except as the Com-
mission may by order direct. If, after such rehearing and
consideration of the facts, including those arising since the
making of the order, the Commission shall be of opinion that
the original order, or any part thereof, is in any respect un-
just or unwarranted, the Commission may abrogate, change or
modify the same. An order made for any such rehearing,
abrogating, changing or modifying the original order shall have
the same force and effect as an original order.

Every order of the Commission shall be served upon every
person or corporation to be affected thereby, either by personal
delivery of a certified copy thereof, or by mailing a certified
copy thereof, in a sealed package, with postage prepaid, to the
person to be affected thereby; or, in the case of a corporation,
to any officer or agent thereof upon whom summons may be
served under the laws of this State. It shall be the duty of
every person and corporation to notify the Commission forth-