WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 795

from a revocation or suspension of an operator's or
chauffeur's license.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 99 of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Supplement) title "Motor Vehicles, " sub-
title "Administration—Registration—Titling, " be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

99. (Eight of Appeal to Court. ) Any person denied a
license or whose license has been cancelled, suspended or
revoked by the Department, except where such cancellation
or revocation is mandatory under the provisions of this
Article, shall have the right to file an appeal within fifteen
(15) days thereafter for a hearing in the matter in the
Baltimore City Court or in the Circuit Court of the County
as the case may be, wherein such person shall reside and
such court is hereby vested with jurisdiction to take testi-
mony and examine into the facts of the case and to deter-
mine whether the petitioner is entitled to a license or is
subject to suspension, cancellation, or revocation of license
under the provisions of this Article. In the case of non-
residents the Circuit Court of the County or the Baltimore
City Court depending upon the place where such non-resident
was convicted of any violation of this Article, shall have
jurisdiction.

In the event an appeal shall be prayed, such appeal shall
operate as a stay. No such stay shall operate or be effective
for longer than thirty days after the first day of the term
of Court next succeeding the term in which the appeal is
entered, except that there may be one further stay for a
period not exceeding thirty days on a written order of the
court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 324

(House Bill 84)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12
of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Merit System", relating to the removal of