1194 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 687

instituted by filing in said Court a petition, a copy of which
shall be served upon the Board and any other party to the
cause before the Board; which said Petition shall set forth in
clear and concise terms the errors alleged to have been com-
mitted by said Board and the grounds upon which a reversal
of its decision is requested. The Board shall certify and file in
the Court a complete transcript of the record upon which the
order complained of was entered upon the payment by the
appellant to the Board of the costs incident to the hearing
before the Board. The Board may by rule or regulation fix
a minimum appeal fee and such fee or costs shall not be recov-
erable from the Board. Upon the filing of such transcript,
the Court, sitting without a jury, shall have exclusive juris-
diction to affirm, modify or set aside such order in whole or
part. The findings of the Board on the facts, shall be prima
facie correct upon such appeal. If any party shall apply to
the Court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shall
show to the satisfaction of the Court that such additional evi-
dence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for
failure to adduce such evidence before the Board, the Court
may order such additional evidence to be taken before the
Board upon such terms and conditions as to the Court may
seem proper. The Board may modify its findings as to the
facts by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and it
shall file with the Court such modified or new findings and
thereafter the Court shall proceed to determine said appeal
as herein provided. The judgment of the Court affirming,
modifying or setting aside, in whole or in part, any such order
of the Board shall be final. An appeal shall not, unless
specifically ordered by the Court to the contrary, operate as
a stay of the order of the Board. The cost of such appeal in
the Circuit Court for Baltimore County shall be paid by the
appellant unless otherwise specifically ordered by the Court.

SEC. 2. And he it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1941.

Approved May 26, 1941.

CHAPTER 687.
(House Bill 726)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
120 (a) of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Corporation", sub-title Foreign Cor-
porations".