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may deem proper, and upon the conclusion of such hearing,
the court may affirm, vacate or modify the order appealed from.
Any party to said proceeding may appeal from the decision of
such court to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the procedure
therein to be the same as in appeals from the action of equity
courts.

496-I. (Advisory Board. ) An Advisory Board of seven (7)
members, each of whom shall hold office for a period of five (5)
years, shall be appointed by the Governor to make recommen-
dations to the State Board of Health and to assist in the estab-
lishment of minimum standards under the provisions of this
sub-title and any amendments thereto. Three (3) members of
said Advisory Board shall be appointed from a list of names
submitted by the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Mary-
land. Four (4) members of said Advisory Board shall be ap-
pointed from a list of names submitted by the Maryland-
District of Columbia Hospital Association of which two (2)
shall be superintendents of Maryland hospitals and one (1)
shall be a trustee of a Maryland hospital and at least one (1)
of whom. shall be a member of the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of Maryland. At least four (4) members of the
Advisory Board shall be doctors of medicine and members of
the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. Of the orig-
inal committee, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term
of one (1) year, two (2) for a term of two (2) years, one (1)
for a term of three (3) years, two (2) for a term of four (4)
years, and one (1) for a term of five (5) years, from June 1,
1945 and thereafter their successors shall be appointed for a
term of five (5) years. All members of said Advisory Board
shall be citizens and residents of the State of Maryland for
a period of at least one year immediately prior to appointment;
at least two (2) shall be residents of the City of Baltimore;
at least two (2) shall be residents of the counties; and all
members shall serve without compensation. Meetings of said
Advisory Board may be called by the State Board of Health or
by any three members of the Advisory Board on proper notice.

496J. (Violations—Penalties. ) Any person maintaining
and operating a hospital without a license shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a
fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) for the
first offense and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500. 00)
for each subsequent offense, and each day such hospital shall
operate after a first conviction shall be considered a second
offense.

496'K. (Saving Section. ) If any provision of this sub-title,
or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is