1038                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 631

whatsoever, unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commis-
sion that [said employer, employee, salesman, partner, member or
officer] the licensee or licensees with whom the offender is associated
had guilty knowledge [thereof] of such violation or violations.

232. (Hearings.) (a) 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. Provided, however, that in cases involving revoca-
tion of the license of a non-resident of this State licensed under this
sub-title by the Real Estate Commission of the State or District in
which such non-resident licensee is a resident, or where there is a
conviction by a Court of competent jurisdiction of any licensee under
this sub-title of any act which constitutes a violation of this sub-title,
and the order of such commission or Court of competent jurisdiction
is certified to the Commission, any real estate license may be revoked
by the Commission without any hearing whatsoever. 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] named in the salesman's application or license 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
Secretary-Treasurer shall have power to administer oaths and to sub-
poena and bring before it any person in the State, or take testimony
of any such person by deposition with the same fees and mileage in
the same manner as prescribed 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 therefor to the Commis-
sion and designating the person or persons sought to be subpoenaed.

(b)  All subpoenas so issued shall be served by the Police Depart-
ment 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 fact 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.

(c)  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 Circuit Court in any
county; provided, that application is made by the aggrieved party