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of the decision complained of. The appeal shall be heard and decided
by the Court of Appeals as soon after transmission of the record as
may be practicable, and the testimony taken in such cases shall be
sent up to the Court of Appeals as part of the record].

152. Contests concerning registration, voting or the validity
of any ballot under this sub-title shall be decided by the Board having
jurisdiction of the matter. No registration shall be denied and no
ballot rejected except by the unanimous vote of said Board. Any
candidate or Absentee Resident aggrieved by any decision or action
of such Board shall have the right of appeal to the Circuit Court for
the County or to the Superior Court of Baltimore City, as the case
may be, to review such decision or action, and jurisdiction to hear
and determine such appeals is hereby conferred upon said Courts.
Such appeals shall be taken by way of petition filed with the ap-
propriate Court within ten days from the date of the completion of
the official canvass by any Board of all the votes cast at any election
and shall be heard de novo and without a jury by said Court as soon
as possible. There shall be a further right of appeal to the Court of
Appeals [, provided such appeal shall be taken within five days from
the date of the decision of the lower Court complained of, and all
such appeals shall be heard and decided on the original papers, in-
cluding a typewritten transcript of the testimony taken in such
cases, by the Court of Appeals, as soon as possible after the same
have been transmitted to said Court. Said original papers, including
the testimony shall be transmitted to the Court of Appeals within ten
(10) days from the taking of the appeal].

229. Contests concerning registration, voting or the validity of
any ballot under this sub-title shall be decided by the Board. No
registration shall be denied and no ballot rejected except by the
unanimous vote of said Board. Any candidate or Absentee Resident
aggrieved by any decision or action of said Board shall have the
right of appeal to the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if he so
desires, to review such decision or action, and jurisdiction to hear
and determine such appeals is hereby conferred upon said Court.
Such appeals shall be taken by way of petition filed with the said
Court within five (5) days from the date of the completion of the
official canvass by the Board of all the votes cast at any election,
shall be heard de novo and without a jury by said Court as soon as
possible. There shall be a further right of appeal to the Court of
Appeals [, provided such appeal shall be taken within five (5) days
from the date of the decision of the lower Court complained of, and
all such appeals shall be heard and decided on the original papers,
including a typewritten transcript of the testimony taken in such
cases by the Court of Appeals as soon as possible after the same
have been transmitted to said Court. Said original papers, including
the testimony, shall be transmitted to the Court of Appeals within
ten (10) days from the taking of the appeal].

Sec. 20. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 2, 3, 5, 9, 13, 14, 16, 19, 21 and 22 of Article
33A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Emi-
nent Domain", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

2. Upon the filing of said petition, the Court or any judge thereof
shall pass an order directing a summons to issue for the defendants,