444 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 205

such hearings shall be made in writing and shall specify
in detail the basis for the complaint, and the hearing shall
be held within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt
of said request by the said board, unless postponed by
mutual agreement.

The said board shall have the power to make such
rules and regulations with respect to the conduct of such
hearings as may be necessary.

Any person aggrieved by any order of the said Board
of Pharmacy, passed after such hearing, may appeal
therefrom to the Circuit Court of the county in which such
person resides, and if such person is a resident of Balti-
more City, to the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the
Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City, any time within
thirty (30) days after the passage of the said order; and
upon said appeal, the court shall hear and determine the
issues raised thereby de novo.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this section, and any permittee hereunder
who shall violate any of the conditions of his permit or
any of the rules or regulations adopted by the said Mary-
land Board of Pharmacy in pursuance of the power here-
by conferred, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and fined not more than fifty ($50) dol-
lars for each offense, and each and every day such viola-
tion continues shall constitute a separate and distinct of-
fense; and, upon conviction of a permittee hereunder, his
permit shall also forthwith be revoked and become null
and void.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to
those operating retail pharmacies or drug stores.

All permit fees collected under the provisions of this
section shall be used by the Maryland Board of Pharmacy,
so far as may be necessary, for the enforcement of the
provisions of this sub-title.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if any pro-
vision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act,
and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Approved May 17, 1935.