58 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 13

proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each ques-
tion, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact,
and shall keep records of its examinations and other official
actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of
the Board and shall be a public record.

Appeals to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved,
or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the political
sub-division affected by any decision of the administrative
agency. An appeal must be taken within a reasonable time,
as provided by the rules of the Board, by filing with the agency
from which the appeal is taken and with the Board, a notice
of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The agency from
which 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 shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the
action appealed from, unless the agency from which the appeal
is taken certifies to the Board, after the notice of appeal has
been filed with it, that by reason of the facts states in the cer-
tificate a stay would, in its opinion, cause imminent peril to
life or property. In such case proceedings shall not be stayed
otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by
the Board or by a court of record on application, on notice to
the agency from which the appeal is taken and on due cause
shown.

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

The Board may, in conformity with the provisions of this
sub-title, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify, the
order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from
and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determina-
tion as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the
powers of the administrative agency from which the appeal is
taken.

The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the
Board shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement,
decision, or determination of the administrative agency, or to
decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is
required to pass this sub-title, under any ordinance or under
other legislation or to effect any variation from the provisions
of any ordinance or other legislation.