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and shall] file the inquisition for recording among the land records
of said county or Baltimore City as required by Section 15 of this
article.

27.

The provisions of Sections £22, 23, ] 24, 25 and 26 apply only to
the acquisition of property by the State [s] Roads Commission
under this article and all the provisions of this article, except inso-
far as they are modified by Sections [22, 23, ] 24, 25 and 26 shall
apply to such acquisition by said State Roads Commission.

SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That Sub-section (b) of Section
255 of Article 41 of the Code, title "Governor-Executive and Adminis-
strative Departments", sub-title "Administrative Procedure Act" be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

255 (to) Proceedings for review shall be instituted [by filing a
petition] in the circuit court of the county or in the Baltimore City
Court, as the case may be, either where any party resides or has
his or its principal place of business [, within thirty days after
service of the final decision of the agency. Copies of the petition
shall be served upon the agency and all other parties of record, in
the manner provided by the rules of court]. The court, in its
discretion, may permit other interested persons to intervene.

SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That Sections 2, 3, 4, 11 and
12 of Article 42 of the Code, title "Habeas Corpus", subtitle
"Jurisdiction and Procedure", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2.

The writ of habeas corpus may and shall be granted by any of
said courts, or by any of the judges mentioned in Section 1,
whether in term or vacation [, upon application being made as
herein directed].

3.

Any person committed, detained, confined or restrained from
his lawful liberty within this State for any alleged offense or
under any color or pretense whatsoever, or any person in his or
her behalf, may complain to the court or judge having jurisdiction
and power to grant the writ of habeas corpus, to the end that
the cause of such commitment, detainer, confinement or restraint
may be inquired into; and the said respective courts or judges
to whom such complaint is so made shall, unless it appears [from
the complaint itself or the documents annexed] that the petitioner
would not be entitled to any relief, forthwith [, ] grant the writ
of habeas corpus [, directed to the officer or other person in
whose custody or keeping the party so detained shall be, returnable
immediately before the said court or judge granting the same].

4.

Whenever it shall be made to appear to the judge either from the
application for the writ or otherwise, that [the] an applicant,