HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 653
356. (a) (Hearings. ) The Commission shall, before
denying an application for license, or 'before suspending or
revoking any license, set the matter down for a hearing,
and at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing,
it shall notify in writing the applicant, or license-holder of
the charges made, and shall afford said applicant, or
license-holder an opportunity to be heard in person or by
counsel in reference thereto. Such written notice may be
served by delivery of same personally to the applicant, or
license-holder, or by mailing same by registered mail to
the last known business address of such applicant, or
license-holder. If said applicant, or license-holder, be a
salesman, the Commission shall also notify the broker
employing him or in whose employ he is about to enter,
by mailing notice by registered mail to the broker's last
known business address. The hearing on such charges
shall be at such time and place as the Commission shall
prescribe. Any member of the Commission or its Secre-
tary-Treasurer shall have power to administer oaths and
to subpoena and bring before it any person in this State,
or take testimony of any such person by deposition with
the same fees and mileage in the same manner as pre-
scribed by law in judicial procedure in Courts of this State
in civil cases. Any party to any hearing before the Com-
mission shall have the right to the attendance of witnesses
in his behalf at such hearing, upon making request there-
for to the Commission and designating the person or per-
sons sought to be subpoenaed.
All subpoenas so issued shall be served by the Police De-
partment of the City of Baltimore or by the Sheriff of any
of the Counties. If any witness so subpoenaed shall refuse
or neglect to attend, or attending, refuse to testify, the said
official issuing the subpoena shall report the facts to the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, or the Circuit Court for
the County, as the case may be, and said court is hereby
authorized and directed to proceed by attachment against
said witness in all respects as if said neglect or refusal had
been by a witness subpoenaed to appear in said Court in a
case pending before it.
If the Commission shall determine that any applicant is
not qualified to receive a license, a license shall not be
granted to said applicant. And if the Commission shall
determine that any license-holder is guilty of a violation
of any of the provisions of this sub-title his or its license
may be suspended or revoked. The findings made by the
Commission, acting within its powers shall be subject to
review by the Superior Court of Baltimore City or the Cir-
cuit Court in any County; provided, that application is
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