1330 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 755
CHAPTER 755.
(Senate Bill 45)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 6
of Article 58A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title ^Loans—Petty", and to add a new section to
said Article, said new section to be known as Section 6A
and to follow immediately after Section 6 of said Article,
relating to the issuing, revocation or suspension of licenses
and providing for appeals in such instances.

SECTION 1. Be U enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 6 of Article 58A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Loans—Petty", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and that a
new section be and it is hereby added to said Article, said new
section to be known as Section 6A, to follow immediately after
Section 6 of said Article and all to read as follows:

6. The Administrator of Loan Laws may, upon notice to
the licensee and reasonable opportunity to be heard, revoke or
suspend such license upon the finding that the licensee has
violated any provision of this Article; and in case the licensee
shall be convicted by a court a second time of a violation of
section fifteen (15) of this Article, the Administrator of Loan
Laws shall revoke such license; provided that the second
offense shall have occurred after a prior conviction, in which
case another license shall not be issued to such licensee.

6A. The decision of the Administrator of Loan Laws in
refusing to issue, revoking or suspending any license shall be
subject to appeal to the Circuit Court of any county, or any law
Court of Baltimore City, in which the licensee resides or is doing
business or in which the office of the Administrator of Loan
Laws may be situated. Any such appeal must be taken within
thirty (30) days from the date of the decision of the Adminis-
trator of Loan Laws. All such appeals shall be upon the record
of proceedings before the Administrator of Loan Laws which
said record of proceedings shall be certified to the court by
said Administrator of Loan Laws, including a statement of all
facts considered by said Administrator of Loan Laws on which
his finding is based. If, upon the hearing, it shall appear to
the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition
of the matter, the court may allow additional evidence to be
introduced. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly,
or may modify the decision brought up for review.

There shall be a further right of appeal to the Court of
Appeals from the final decision of the court hearing such