620 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 385

ceeding under this section, to enter exceptions to the rulings
of the Board and no bond shall be required for entering such
appeal. Upon the final determination of such judicial pro-
ceeding, the Board shall enter an order in accordance with
such determination. The Board shall be deemed to be a party
to any judicial action involving any such decision, and may be
represented in any such judicial action by the Attorney Gen-
eral or by any qualified attorney who is a regular salaried
employee of the Board, and has been designated by it for that
purpose, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General.

(i) Payment of Benefits. Benefits shall be promptly paid in
accordance with a determination except that, if the record of
the proceeding on the claim indicates that a disqualification
has been alleged or may exist, such benefits shall not be paid
prior to the expiration of the period for appeal. If pursuant
to a determination benefits are payable in any amount as to
which there is no dispute, such amount of benefits shall be
promptly paid regardless of any appeal. The commencement
of a proceeding for judicial review shall not operate as a super-
sedeas or stay unless the Board shall so order. If a determina-
tion of an examiner allowing benefits is affirmed by a referee,
or if a determination of a special examiner or a decision of
a referee allowing benefits is affirmed by the Board, such
benefits shall be promptly paid regardless of any further
appeal.

PERIOD, ELECTION, AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYER'S
COVERAGE

8. (a) Except as provided in Sub-section (c) of this section,
any employing unit which is or becomes an employer sub-
ject to this Act within any calendar year shall be subject to
this Act during the whole of such calendar year.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Sub-section (c) of this
section, an employing unit shall cease to be an employer sub-
ject to this Act only as of the 1st day of January of any
calendar year, if it files with the Board during January of
such year, a written application for termination of coverage,
provided, however, that the Board may, for good cause shown,
waive the said requirement for the filing of written applica-
tion for termination of coverage, and the Board finds that
there were no 20 different weeks within the preceding calendar
year within which such employing unit employed four or more
individuals in employment subject to this Act. For the pur-
pose of this sub-section the two or more employing units men-
tioned in paragraph (2) or (3) or (4) of Section 19 (f) shall
be treated as a single employing unit.