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(e)  Failure, refusal or neglect on the part of any judicial or other
officer or employee receiving or having custody of such fine or forfei-
ture to comply with the foregoing provisions of this section shall con-
stitute misconduct in the office and shall be sufficient grounds for
removal therefrom.

(f)  Provisions of this section which may, be inconsistent with the
provisions of Article 52 "Trial Magistrate System" shall be super-
seded by the provisions of the latter Article as to such inconsistencies.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 595
(House Bill 476)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 521 and
524 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion), title "Health", sub-title "Hospitals", authorizing the State
Board of Health to revoke a license that has been issued for open-
ing, maintaining and operating a hospital and relating generally
to such revocation and to the causes therefor and the procedure in
such cases.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 521 and 524 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Health", sub-title "Hospitals", be
and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

521. (Issuance and Revocation of Licenses.) The State Board of
Health is hereby authorized to issue licenses to open, maintain and
operate hospitals which, after inspection, are found to comply with
the provisions of this sub-title and the rules and regulations adopted
thereunder by the State Board of Health. No license granted here-
under shall be assignable or transferable. A license issued to any
hospital may be revoked by the Board, for a violation of the provisions
of this sub-title or of any rule or regulation validly adopted there-
under, provided the licensee shall have had an opportunity to be heard
at a public hearing before the Board, with not less than ten days'
notice thereof, and at said hearing he shall have the opportunity to
be represented by counsel.

524. (Appeals.) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the State
Board of Health to issue a license or by the action of the Board re-
voking a license may, within ten (10) days after receipt of notice
of such action or failure to act, take an appeal therefrom to a court

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.