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the office of the Administrator of Loan Laws may be situated. Any
such appeal must be taken within thirty (30) days from the date
of the decision of the Administrator of Loan Laws. All such appeals
shall be upon the record of proceedings before the Administrator
of Loan Laws which said record of proceedings shall be certified to
the court by said Administrator of Loan Laws, including a state-
ment of all facts considered by said Administrator of Loan Laws on
which his finding is based. If, upon the hearing, it shall appear to
the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of
the matter, the court may allow additional evidence to be introduced.
The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify
the decision brought up for review.

There shall be a further right of appeal to the Court of Appeals
from the final decision of the court hearing such appeal, either by
the licensee, aggrieved thereby, or [of] by the Administrator of
Loan Laws. [Such appeal must be taken within ten (10) days of the
final judgment or determination of the lower court.]

Sec. 30. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new Section 20A be and it is hereby added to Ar-
ticle 66 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
'Mortgages", said new section to follow immediately after Section
20 thereof, and to read as follows:

20A. It shall not be necessary in any case for the foreclosure or
sale of mortgaged property, to make the heirs of the mortgagee par-
ties to the same, but any decree upon any bill for foreclosure or sale
aforesaid, filed by the executor or administrator of the mortgagee,
shall have the same effect as if the said heirs were parties.

SEC. 31. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 41 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Water
Pollution Control Commission", and Section 661 (j) of Article 66C
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement), title "Natural
Resources", sub-title "Oysters and Clams", be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

41. Whenever any person shall feel himself aggrieved by any
rule, regulation or order of the Commission, he shall have a right
to file a sworn petition with the Commission setting forth the grounds
and reasons for his complaint and asking for a hearing of the
matter involved. The Commission shall thereupon fix the time and
place for such hearing and shall notify the petitioner thereof. At
such hearing, the petitioner and any other interested parties may
appear, present witnesses and submit evidence,. The chairman of the
Commission or any member thereof shall have the power to ad-
minister oaths to all witnesses who appear before said Commission
at such hearings. For the purpose of all hearings and inquiries which
they are authorized to make or hold, the Chairman of the Commis-
sion or any member thereof may issue summons for witnesses, and
all summons so issued shall be served by the Sheriff of Baltimore
City or by the Sheriff of the particular county. If any witness so
summoned shall refuse to testify, the official issuing the summons
shall report the facts to the Baltimore City Court or the Circuit
Court of the particular county, as the case may be, and said Court