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any license-holder is guilty of a violation of any of the pro-
visions 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 Circuit Court in any County; provided,
that application is made by the aggrieved party within thirty
days after such determination, by certiorari, mandamus or by
any other method permissible under the rules and practices of
said Court, or the laws of this State, and said Court may make
such further orders in respect thereto as justice may require.
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(b) Every applicant for a license under the provisions of
this sub-title shall apply therefor in writing upon blank forms
prepared by the Commission, and every applicant for a real
estate broker's license shall be at least twenty-one years of
age; and provided further that every licensed real estate broker
shall provide a corporate bond in the sum of $2, 500 and every
licensed real estate salesman shall provide a corporate bond
in the sum of $1, 000 to protect the public against any loss re-
sulting from violation of this sub-title by such brokers or
salesmen.
(c) The Commission shall have the power to require all
applicants for a license under this sub-title to act as real estate
broker or as a real estate salesman, including members of co-
partnerships and associations and officers of corporations, to
present reasonable proof that they are trustworthy and quali-
fied to perform the functions authorized by the license applied
for, and, when the application is for a license as a real estate
broker, including evidence that they have had no less than two
years' practical experience in selling real estate or that they
are duly qualified to practice law in this State [and including
passage of]. All applicants for a license as a real estate broker
or real estate salesman shall be required to pass a reasonable
written examination as to their knowledge of the general func-
tions of a real estate broker or real estate salesman and the
general procedure for handling real estate transactions so as
to properly protect the interest of those whom they may repre-
sent in such transactions, provided that all persons who hold
such a license under the provisions of this sub-title on the
effective date thereof shall be entitled to a renewal of their
license upon applying therefor and paying the prescribed fee
unless their license shall have been suspended or revoked for
cause as provided in Section 355 of this sub-title; and pro-
vided further that any [applicant for such a license who re-
sides in any of the counties now exempted from the provisions
of this sub-title and who is regularly engaged in business as a
real estate broker June 1, 1939 shall be granted a license upon
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