772                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 441

80.    (Preferences.)

The commission shall give preference over all other questions
pending before it to the hearing and decision of questions involving
the rates of any public service company, and shall thereafter prefer
requests by any public service company to discontinue or abandon
service under any franchise, right, or permit after its expiration
date.

81.    (Fees.)

(a)   The commission shall charge and collect the following fees:
for copies of papers and records not required to be certified or
otherwise authenticated by the commission, ten cents for each folio;
for certified copies of official documents and orders filed in its office,
fifteen cents for each folio, and one dollar for every certificate under
seal affixed thereto; for certifying a copy of any report made by
any corporation to the commission, two dollars; for each certified
copy of the annual report of the commission, one dollar and fifty
cents; for certified copies of all evidence and proceedings taken be-
fore the commission, twenty cents for each folio.

(b)   The preceding subsection shall not apply to typewritten tran-
scripts of evidence at hearings before the commission by any of the
commission's stenographers, but the commission shall regulate by
rule the fees chargeable by such stenographers for copies of such
transcripts.

(c)  No fee shall be charged or collected for copies of (papers, rec-
ords or official documents furnished to public officers for use in
their official capacity, or for the annual reports of the commission
in the ordinary course of distribution. All fees charged and collected
by the commission shall belong to the State of Maryland and shall
be paid monthly accompanied by a detailed statement thereof into
the treasury of the State, and become part of the general funds of
the State.

SUBTITLE VI—JUDICIAL REVIEW

82.    (Judgment on Validity of Rules and Regulations.)

The validity of any rule or regulation of the commission may be
determined upon petition for a declaratory judgment addressed to
the Superior Court of Baltimore City or to the Circuit Court for
the county where the petitioner has its principal office in this state
whenever it appears that the rule or regulation, or its threatened
application, interferes with or impairs, or threatens to interfere with
or impair, the legal rights or privileges of the petitioner. The com-
mission shall be made a party to the proceeding. The declaratory
judgment may be rendered whether or not the petitioner has first
requested the commission to pass upon the validity of the rule or
regulation in question.

83. (Review of Decisions and Orders.)

Any party or any person in interest, including the People's Coun-
sel, dissatisfied by a final decision or order of the commission,
whether affirmative or negative in form, is entitled to judicial review
thereof as provided in this subtitle. Where the registration of any
motor vehicle carrier is suspended or revoked by the Commissioner