618 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 385

the absence of such mailing, within seven days after the de-
livery of such notice, further review is initiated pursuant to
Sub-section (f) of this section.

(f) Review by Board. The Board may, on its own motion,
within the time specified in Sub-section (e) of this section,
initiate a review of the decision of a referee or determination
of a special examiner or may allow an appeal from such deci-
sion on application filed within such time by any party en-
titled to notice of such decision. An appeal filed by any such
party shall be allowed as of right if the examiner's deter-
mination was not affirmed by the referee. Upon review on its
own motion or upon appeal, the Board may on the basis of
the evidence previously submitted in such case, or upon the
basis of such evidence as it may direct be taken, affirm, modify
or reverse the findings and conclusions of the referee or special
examiner. The Board may remove to itself or transfer to
another referee the proceedings on any pending claim. Any
proceeding so removed or appealed to the Board shall be
heard by a quorum thereof. The Board shall promptly notify
the parties to any proceeding before it of its decision, includ-
ing its findings and conclusions in support thereof, and such
decision shall be final unless within ten days after the mailing
of notice thereof to the party's last known address or, in the
absence of such mailing, within ten days after the delivery of
such notice, a proceeding for judicial review is initiated pur-
suant to Sub-section (h) of this section: Provided, however,
that upon denial by the Board of an application for appeal
from the decision of a referee or determination of a special
examiner, such decision or determination shall be deemed to
be the decision of the Board within the meaning of this para-
graph for purposes of judicial review and shall be subject to
judicial review within the time and in the manner provided for
with respect to decisions of the Board, except that the time
for initiating such review shall run from the date of notice of
the order of the Board denying the application for appeal.

(g) Procedure. The Board, referee and special examiners
shall not be bound by common-law or statutory rules of evi-
dence or by technical rules of procedure, but any such hearing
or appeal shall be conducted in such manner as to ascertain the
substantial rights of the parties. The Board shall adopt rea-
sonable regulations governing the manner of filing appeals
and the con duct of hearings and appeals, consistent with the
provisions of this Act. When the same or substantially simi-
lar evidence is relevant and material to the matters in issue in
claims by more than one individual or in claims by a single
individual with respect to two or more weeks of unemploy-
ment, the same time and place for considering each such claim