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225. The damages claimed under Section 223 of this article, shall
be sued for in the county or city where the injuries shall have been
done [; and a summons served upon the president or any of the
directors or conductors of any of said companies shall be considered
proper service upon the corporation; provided, said service shall be
made at least twenty days before the return day of the writ].

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 8 of Article 24 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Costs", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

8. [Whenever any suit] Where an action [whether in the name
of the State or of an individual] shall be marked for the use of any
person, the person [for] to whose use [such suit or] the action is
marked shall be liable for costs as if he were the legal plaintiff.
This section shall not relieve a person, except the State of Maryland,
who has entered a case to the use of another from his original
liability for costs.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 5 (V) of Article 25A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1956 Supplement), title "Chartered Counties of Mary-
land", sub-title "Enumeration of Express Powers" be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5. (V)—County Board of Appeals—To enact local laws providing
(1) for the establishment of a county board of appeals whose mem-
bers shall be appointed by the county council; (2) for the number,
qualifications, terms, and compensation of the members; (3) for the
adoption by the board of rules of practice governing its proceedings;
and (4) for the decision by the board on petition by any interested
person and after notice and opportunity for hearing and on the
basis of the record before the board, of such of the following matters
arising (either originally or on review of the action of an administra-
tive officer or agency) under any law, ordinance, or regulation of,
or subject to amendment or repeal by, the county council, as shall
be specified from time to time by such local laws enacted under this
sub-section: an application for a zoning variation or exception or
amendment of a zoning ordinance map; the issuance, renewal, denial,
revocation, suspension, annulment, or modification of any license,
permit, approval, exemption, waiver, certificate, registration, or
other form of permission or of any adjudicatory order; and the
assessment of any special benefit tax: Provided, that any decision
by a county board of appeals, may, within 30 days after the de-
cision is rendered, be appealed by any person aggrieved by the de-
cision of the board and a party to the proceeding before it, to the
circuit court for the county which shall have power to affirm the
decision of the board, or if such decision is not in accordance with
law, to modify or reverse such decision, with or without remanding
the case for rehearing as justice may require. Whenever any such
appeal is taken a copy thereof shall be served on the board by the
clerk of the court and the board shall promptly give notice of the
appeal to all parties to the proceedings before it and shall, within 15
days after the filing of the appeal, file with the court the originals or
certified copies of all papers and evidence presented to the board in
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